22 Perspective Smashing Looks At Famous Places And Things

It turns out that for every perfectly angled shot of a famous location, there's most definitely at least one angle that reveals the whole, unflattering truth.
22 Perspective Smashing Looks At Famous Places And Things

One of the most fun (and maybe a little cliche) parts of travel is ticking famous landmarks off our bucket lists. We’ve written about landmarks before, like wild and unknown secrets hidden in famous landmarks and famous tourist attractions with really messed up histories.

A lot of what we imagine about famous landmarks comes directly from pop culture or pretty pictures we've seen in magazines and on postcards. Which is dumb, because those are all perfectly framed and digitally altered to look picturesque for our eager consumption. As any veteran selfie taker will tell you, angles are really everything.

For example, did you know the pyramids aren’t really smooth, but are closer to nightmare stair masters? It's very true.

But it turns out that for every perfectly angled shot of a famous location, there's most definitely at least one angle that reveals the whole, unflattering truth. We're talking about famous places like...

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The Pyramids

CRACKED COM Looks smooth enough to slide down.... But a close angle reveals the steppy truth
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Central. Park offers a variety of captivating views Perhaps the greatest of which is from directly above
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22 Perspective Smashing Looks At Famous Places And Things
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The White Cliffs of Dover are beautiful... Depending on what angle you see them from.
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CRACKEDcO The inside of Rio's Christ the Redeemer is actually hollow space. It even has holes in the arms, shoulders, and head. A series of stairs and
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