50 More of the Most Famous Landmarks on Earth (Part 2)
Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.
Now, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument or a building, or any other spot to designate places that might be of interest to tourists.
Last time we covered some of the most obvious, like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. But there are so many countries, and even more landmarks…
So here are 50 more for you to recognize. Are you ready for another trip around the world?
The Colosseum in Rome
The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Sydney Opera House in Australia
Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina
Kremlin in Moscow
Parc Guell in Barcelona
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Waterloo in Belgium
The Empire State Building in New York
Newgrange in Ireland
Forbidden City in Beijing
Millau Bridge in France
The Sphinx in Romania
Faisal Mosque in Islamabad
Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
Konark Sun Temple in India
Dom in Berlin
Luxor Temple in Egypt
Pompeii in Italy
The Louvre in Paris
Angel Falls in Venezuela
Twyfelfontein in Namibia
The Prophets Mosque in Medina
Tower Bridge in London
American Cemetery in Normandy
Sacré Coeur in Paris
Abu Simbel in Egypt
Potala Palace in Llasa
Jin Mao and SWFC in Shanghai
Middle of the Earth in Ecuador
Carnac in France
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
Tilicho Lake in Nepal
Sceilig Mhichil near the coast of Ireland
Temple of Besakih in Bali
Golden Temple in India
Atomium in Brussels
Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan
White Cliffs of Dover in Great Britain
Ephesus in Turkey
Vinson Massif in Antarctic
Lotus Temple in India
CN Tower in Canada
Piazza San Marco in Venice
Half Dome at Yosemite Valley in California
Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles
Twelve Apostels in Australia
Rock of Gibraltar
Make sure to check out:
The 50 Most Important Landmarks of the World (Part 1).
Author: Hilleke
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Nice places, but creation & nature should not be in same compilation.
( 283 days ago )Thanks again Hilleke, another nice collection.
To Shabu, that is YOUR opinion. Many of us can appreciate each of these works of art on their own merit. The juxtaposition of natural and man-made is a fascinating subject, and beauty can be found in both sources. Next time don’t speak as though you are stating fact, when in reality you are stating your own personal and narrow views.
( 282 days ago )Man versus Nature. Man has worked hard to beautify Nature with his work and created these monumental works. Amazing indeed.
( 282 days ago )Very nice. Our World is an amazing and beautiful place. Not too many negitive comments here yet , but don’t dispair, it’s early.
( 281 days ago )I enjoyed all of these photographs. Very dynamic. Much appreciated.
( 280 days ago )La Citadelle Laferriere or Citadel Henri Christophe–one of the eight wonders of the world located in northern Haiti is the largest fortress in the western hemisphere!
( 280 days ago )Adding the Citadelle would complete your already wonderful lists! Thank you!
( 280 days ago )Giants Causeway ,Cliffs of moher ,hill of tara ,Blarney stone – Ireland
( 280 days ago )buckingham palace,westminster abbey-england etcetera
31 more to go…seems a hard task to complete!
( 279 days ago )Stunning, breathtaking pictures. these places are more than deserving to be famous.
( 279 days ago )Great pics, but it is hard to imagine the Hollywood sign noted above Denali. I think a trip to Alaska would be in order. After all, Denali is a taller mountain than Everest, it’s base is at a lower elevation.
( 279 days ago )why aren’t the mosques of timbuktu in this list?
( 278 days ago )Troy,Pamukkale,Aspendos to name a few in Turkey but also Shwedagon Paya,Golden Rock (kyaikhtiyo),thousands of pagodas of Bagan,Mrauk-u and of Sagaing in Myanmar should be noted as well !!
( 277 days ago )Why was Stonehenge of Wiltshire not included?
( 276 days ago )DEATH VALLEY
( 275 days ago )totally missed Tikal in Guatemala… anda la Alhambra in Granada Spain.
( 275 days ago )T people who keep wondering where other things are, such as stonehenge etc. there is another list, if you looked at the top, it said PART 2. Fantastic list, so many places added to where I want t travel when i finish uni now!
( 274 days ago )More on Canada, less on the u.s.a. e.g., Glaciers in Jasper, Banff National Park, Niagara Falls, Peggy’s Cove, many, many more!
( 271 days ago )Beautiful compilations though – amazing what a beautiful planet we have. I can only wish we didn’t take the mysteries and fascinations for granted. Thank you Hilleke~
fantastic! a great list that includes places and creations from ALL over the world. you have inspired me – I am truly going to try to see as many of these as possible!
( 264 days ago )What about Petra, Jordan? It is absolutely amazing!
( 262 days ago )correction it’s not called( The Wailing Wall )of Jerusalem it’s called
) thanks for the list
( 262 days ago )Buraq Wall which is a part of the surroundings of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Definite bias against Christian art and architecture. Let’s see… 5 mosques or Islamic structures and not even St. Peter’s Basilica?
( 260 days ago )Thanks for the beautiful pictures. As for all you critics.. If you have to criticize the persons contributions who thought of sharing with people, then get off your ass and do the pics yourself! Contribute.. dont complain. Always ungrateful people who only think of themselves and know how to bitch. Enjoy and shutup!!
( 256 days ago )What the h@ll is this list?! You made up a list based on what?! YOURSELF?! The 8 Wonders of the World is not here, the 7 Natural Wonders of the World is not here! WTF?! And you proudly say these are landmarks?! LOL
( 253 days ago )aleczander…there’s a part one with 50 more…
( 253 days ago )What a bunch of sad people here…
Thanks for the great lists and pics, Hilleke.
( 253 days ago )Very nice collection and beautifull places to look at, thanks so much for sharing!!!
( 250 days ago )Thanks for great revelation!
( 248 days ago )Very good compilation.
If u want to satisfy, you may have to compile 1000(s) list;
still may be incomplete.
Mother earth is funny, figurative and fantastic!
Good Photos!!
( 246 days ago )Dead Sea in Jordan…
( 246 days ago )We want more!!! we want more !!!!!
( 245 days ago )Instead of the Dom from Berlin I would have put the Kölner Dom from Cologne in there. Magnificent cathedral and by far the biggest i have ever seen!
https://dokuwiki.noctrl.edu/lib/exe/detail.php?id=ger%3A202%3A2009%3Awinter%3Ader_koelner_dom&media=ger:202:koelner_dom.jpg
( 244 days ago )Very beautiful pictures. I like most of them.
( 243 days ago )i would love to have the chance visit atleast half of these places before i leave this world..
amazing collection and photography..
i wish a few more places to be added like:
al hambra palace spain:
http://www.photography-edu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/alhambra1.jpg
http://pixdaus.com/?sort=tag&tag=alhambra
madaen saleh saudi arabia – http://www.66n.com/pics/hosted/0wwz4pst5c5isgsykbgo7rty1o82n2mn.jpg
thanx
( 240 days ago )al sakhra lebanon-
http://www.travelerpedia.net/forums/gallery/files/3/3/2/5/800px-raouche_rock__1.jpg
You forgot Casa Poporului in Romania. Btw,awesome pictures
( 238 days ago )delicate arch – moab utah! totally forgot
( 230 days ago )An excellent compilation, which stands on its own merit. Thanks so much for the visual feast and reminder of how large and beautiful our world is, and how creative the people that make up its population.
To “Throw Back.”: Please find yourself a “Christian” website that will display your “Christian” architecture….no…wait.. had you seen the ENTIRE POST…St Peter’s is included.
Feel free also to Google what Gandhi had to say about Christians.
Pastafarians Unite….LOL
( 227 days ago )Awesome lists, thanks for compiling them! Would love more!
PS- I’m pretty sure the photo you included of Pompeii is actually from the ruins of the Roman Forum. Hard to tell from that angle, but it doesn’t actually look like Pompeii.
( 227 days ago )the sites and the shots are really breath-taking… SO BEAUTIFUL.. You should check out Philippines’ Chocolate Hills, Banaue Rice Terraces and the Palawan Subterranean River
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( 226 days ago )To Arabian:
( 218 days ago )The “Wailing Wall” is actually the remaining western wall of the original Jewish temple from several thousand years ago, not part of a mosque that was built much more recently.
Thanks again!! I love traveling the world through your photo collections.
( 218 days ago )Really great photographs! Beautiful sites too. As I’m sure from the comments there are some places that should probably be added. Some that came to my mind are the Space Needle in Seattle and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The Chrysler Building? The Panama Canal? Anywho, more places to travel to right?! Great job again!
( 218 days ago )space needle in seattle…
( 217 days ago )Awesome work, Hilleke. We, the more lazy and conceited jerks are far lesser human beings for not being able to enjoy your beautiful work without criticizing it instead. Don’t listen to those morons that all they do is complain about you having missed a landmark. They don’t know shit.
( 217 days ago )No Twin Tower( Malaysia) and 101 Taipei instead CN Tower…lol
( 216 days ago )Hilleke,
( 201 days ago )The pictures in Parts I and II are soooo beautiful. I love the fact that you took the time to compile and share them. Who of us will ever see all these places in a lifetime? Thank you for this gift. It was spiritually uplifting to me today. I hope you can take the comments made as suggestions and not criticism. There is nothing more beautiful than those things we have experienced ourserves that have moved us to great emotion! Keep up the good work!
Roma
Gorgeous pictures. Thank you for including so many landmarks from around the world that many may not have heard of. I learned much. As an Angeleno, I am surprised to see the Hollywood Sign included here. But I suppose it, along with the Chinese Theater, is our most recognizable landmark. Remarkable job, you just can’t please everyone.
( 200 days ago )Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and PARAGUAi NOT ARGENTINA
( 194 days ago )I am very pleased — at 13, I have been to 35 of them!
( 191 days ago )Excellent compilation! Would’ve liked to see Phang Nga Bay in Thailand included. Truly a sight to behold.
( 187 days ago )good pictures.but it is Generalny shtab (General Staff) building & archway in the picture named Hermitage in Saint-Petersburg.look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitage_Museum or http://www.panoramio.com/photo/656017
( 187 days ago )great pictures! pleased to see a lot there that I have been to! just a coupld of suggestions if you do another list: great barrier reef, whitsundays and fraser island – australia, the reclining budda in bangkok, killing fields/s21 phnom penh cambodia.
( 186 days ago )@mateus, the iguacu falls actually go from argentina into brasil, its the parana river that runs through brasil argentina and paraguay.
Great compilation, thanks for sharing, excellent pictures
( 184 days ago )How can you not have the Great Barrier Reef on either of these lists?
( 175 days ago )Awesome lists (“,) I’ve been to a good few and now the two lists have given me some more travel ideas. It’s a shame people feel the need to complain about what is or isn’t included instead of just perhaps making a suggestion for places for a third list……it’s all subjective isn’t it and if all the amazing places on this beautiful planet were compiled into a list to suit everyone there would be literally thousands. I look forward to a third list soon with some more beautiful photos.
( 170 days ago )i think alcatraz should be on there (:
( 170 days ago )these lists are great, such beautiful places in the world. i wish i could see them all!
( 166 days ago )for everyone naming places that should be added, the list is limited to 50. not every landmark in the world can be added. if you have better locations, make your own list.
CN Tower in Canada, really. If you put that you have to put the Space Needle in Seattle. But the best view in Seattle is from the Smith Tower. Our guide on the Seattle By Foot tour recommended it on the Seattle Coffee Crawl tour I took. Love all the rest of the locations! Too many, too little time!
( 161 days ago )Very beautiful pictures. Just to be in line with all before me, one idea for youre next 50 Landmarks : Dom Cologne, beeing one of the biggest Cathedrals in the World. In fact the Dom was the highest building in the World until 1884.
( 158 days ago )If you’re going to do another top 50: think about Mitre Peak, New Zealand, Varanasi Ghats, Varanasi, India, Mount Kailash, India, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Sukhothai, Thailand and Palmyra, Syria and Palitana, Gujarat, India
( 157 days ago )Just beautiful! With all these suggestions of places you should include, are they also going to arrange for your travel and living costs for all this to be accomplished? If so, do you need a 75 year old assistant? Just a note: have you been able to see Crater Lake, in Klamath Falls, Or.?
( 157 days ago )What about Prague!?
( 156 days ago )I really like this pictures! The world is a beautiful creation and there are thousands of places that one can name a landmark. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and one should not critise, try to see the pictures from someone else’s viewpoint. This collection would have contained millions of pictures if it had included every single landmark or fascinating place. Thank you for this great collection.
( 156 days ago )Beautiful photos! Nevermind all the critics, let them make their own list!
( 152 days ago )i like it
( 150 days ago )You missing Borbudur in Indonesia….
( 135 days ago )Lake Titicaca?
( 133 days ago )Nice pics, despite the PhotoShop handiwork…
( 124 days ago )The yankee cemetary in Normandy has no place here. In the great world wars the americans were absolutely useless so to honour them over the true heros is shameful, especially in Normandy. The yanks in Normandy – ha. How about honouring the true heros of Normandy.
The yanks only fight in wars for personal gain and the same went for the great wars. Took them long enough to help.
( 76 days ago )Wow what photography and the resolution and pixels so clear I saved the picture of Golden Temple never had such a beautiful and real time images. Thanks, Daniel
( 14 days ago )