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The Chinese Wall? The Great Wall of China…But awesome list.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )the photo of the giant Buddha of Kamakura is beautiful….however, it is not in Tokyo but a quaint, small town South of the capital
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Lovely pictures – just one correction: while there is a village called Agia Sophia in Limnos in Greece, the Agia Sophia is in fact a mosque in Istanbul Turkey.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Big Ben is not technically a landmark because it cannot be seen unless you are standing inside the bell gallery of St. Steven’s Tower.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Why did the Golden Gate Bridge not make this list?
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Are you really biased against Turkey or have you never visited the country? You mention the little and unknown Hagia Sofia on Limni and not the world-famous one in Istanbul (actually both are churches originally). Visit Turkey and you can fill all 50 items on your list with the photos you will take there. This comes to you from a Belgian couple living in Turkey. Best wishes for your next trip…
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )It’s like all the wonders of the world combined in a simple list for everyone to see, thank you for this share.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Great list but to leave out Newgrange in Ireland is hard to comprehend; it is possibly the oldest standing building in the world.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Mount Rushmore?
LOL
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )The so called Al Aqsa mosque (the one with the golden dome) is NOT Al Aqsa!
The Al Aqsa Mosque has a grey dome.
This a very common mistake.
The golden domed one in this picture is called Al Sakhrah Mosque.
Signed,
The Israeli infidel
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )That is not the Burj. It is the Burj Al Arab hotel. The Burj building is an uncompleted building that is much taller.
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )Las fotos que parecen en este sitio son muy bellas…es más, el Taj Mahal se ve muy tranquilo así sin tanta gente porque cuando yo fui estaban demasiada personas. Gracias por compartir las fotos, ah…y una pregunta, porque no parece el Tikal que pertenece en el país de Guatemala?
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )Inukshuks definitely don’t belong in this list… there are thousands of them around the Canadian north, it’s not a single landmark like the rest of these monuments or buildings..
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )What the hell is the Christo Redemptor? Use either the portuguese name Cristo Redentor or the English name Christ the Redeemer…Don’t try making up names you don’t know =P
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )They included Niagara falls and another waterfalls (which i cant recall right now) and THEY DIDN’T include Iguazú falls???? WTF? so unfair …. stupid yanks
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )WOW!! Quit complaining and enjoy the gorgeous pics.
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )I agree. The inukshuk could be literally anywhere in Canada. It is merely a symbol, not a landmark. Plus they are lame and totally contrived for commercial and advertising purposes.
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )However, I like your photos
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )The Statue of Liberty is actually on the the New Jersey Shore….
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )Masada, Israel. It’s amazing…
Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel.
Louvre, Opera House, Pompeii?
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )Thanks, It was nice to be able to see some of the great monuments of the world. I enjoyed it!!
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )Roman Colosseum?
( 2 years and 3975 days ago )um angel falls> than any other waterfall
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )what about IRAN , it has very nice place to see .
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )Carlos says:
They included Niagara falls and another waterfalls (which i cant recall right now) and THEY DIDN’T include Iguazú falls???? WTF? so unfair …. stupid yanks
Carlos you are an IDIOT….the woman who published this is from Belgium. Most of Niagra Falls are in Canada so don’t blame the “stupid yanks” you dick
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )Nice pics.
To quel some of these “touchy” internauts, just rename your post to “50 important landmarks of the world” There are others, but these are cool to see in one place. Do another one ” Another 50 important…..” with suggestions from the gallery.
FYI
The inuksuk may have been used for navigation, as a point of reference, a marker for travel routes, fishing places, camps, hunting grounds, places of veneration, drift fences used in hunting or as a food cache. The Inupiat in northern Alaska used inuksuit to assist in the herding of caribou into contained areas for slaughter. Varying in shape and size, the inuksuit have longtime roots in the Inuit culture.
Historically the most common type of inukshuk is a single stone positioned in an upright manner. An inuksuk is often confused with an inunnguaq, a cairn representing a human figure. There is some debate as to whether the appearance of human- or cross-shaped cairns developed in the Inuit culture before the arrival of European missionaries and explorers. The size of some innaguait suggest that the construction was often a communal effort. Wikipedia
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )Newgrange/Boyne Valley
Sceilig Mhichíl
Ireland has many unbelievable sites
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )What about the sydney opera house in Australia?
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )You did put Castle of Bran, which is in Bran, Romania to be more specific, but you did not put the Sphinx(Sfinx) from Bucegi Mountains, the Old Ladies or “Babele(romanian name)” from the same mountains, the People’s House from Bucharest which is the largest building in Europe. Don’t you think that things like that should be posted in some photographs? I mean they really are landmarks. Anyhow good photography.
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )manekin piss??? mermaid? WTF…
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )Dirk – Don’t tell me, you’re from Isreal. Well I could name half a dozen things that didn’t make it from my country either.
( 2 years and 3974 days ago )Sistine Chapel in Vatican City??? Forbidden City in China??? Hollywood Sign in LA — lacks grandeur, but known the world over. Times Square, NY?? Ephesus in Turkey. Temple of Luxor in Egypt. Abu Simbal in Egypt. Hoover Dam. The Acropolis.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Beautiful sites but you left out “The Galapagos Islands” and the “Mitad del Mundo” (Middle of the Earth) in Ecuador which are truly beautiful!
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Berlin dom!
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Um..Canada has a lot more recognizable landmarks then the Inukshuk. Try CN tower maybe?
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )thanks for putting these pictures together-enjoyed-looking forward to the next one’s!
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )The Beautiful World .Every bit of it is enjoyable.Let us Preserve it .
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Dear Complainers-
Take the time to make your own damn list of landmarks then.
Let us know when you have all the great photos together and are ready to share.
heyyy i loveeed going through this list. honestly thank you so much for making it…i just dont understand why that dubai thing made it and the CN tower didnt…..
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )This list isn’t complete Yosemite with Half Dome , El Capitan and all of the falls were left out
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Great list, I would love to visit all of those places. To everyone bitching about left out landmarks, this is a post of someone personal opinion, there is no way to make everyone happy, just sit back and enjoy what is there for you to see.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )You include the Burj in Dubai but leave out Sydney Opera House?
Or the Empire State Building?
Or the Pyramids of Cheops?
And I would suggest the Spire in Dublin is worthy of mention.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )These are really cool, I would love a little information on each.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )i think the photo is not al-aqsa but dome of the rock.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )There are many wonders that are hidden or missed out. You may consider Rani Kot Fort – the biggest fort in the world, K-2 the second highest peak in the world and many others in Pakistan.
( 2 years and 3973 days ago )Mount Tilicho Peak is towers at the height of 7,134m. Mountaineers rate this as a technical climb, and not so easy. There are two ways to reach up to Base Camp. Tilicho Peak expedition starts up with a drive Khudi followed by several days trekking to the Tilicho Base Camp via Manang and Khansar Village as well as another way is a short mountain flight from Pokhara brought us to the dry and dusty hill town of Jomsom as well as start from Beni Bazaar to Jomsom. From here we proceed east and north to cross the high and very difficult Mesokanto Pass at an altitude of 5300m. At the top of the pass we managed to locate some marine fossils (shells) which testify to the fact that the Himalayas was once beneath the sea. We choose the first idea as this allows enough time for acclimatization and less difficulties for taking all the logistics. The views on the routes are breath taking; anything that can surpass your imagination. What you see is Tilicho Peak and the azure and peaceful Tilicho Lake below. It is a glacial lake and unfriendly to marine life. People say they often find marine fossils (shells) that probably support the fact that the Himalayas were once beneath the sea.
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )The photographs were beautiful and truly recognizable…so the lady made some errors…so what? The title of the piece is The 50 Most Important Landmarks…not The World’s Most Important Landmarks. Collect a list of ALL the important landmarks in the world and you will find that by the time you have finished the list, the world will have built so many more that you will be busy for the rest of your life keeping the list up-to-date!
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )two words giants causway . northern ireland but im biased
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )How could they not include the Dead Sea in Israel?!
It’s the lowest elevation on the Earth’s surface on dry land, plus, IT IS AWSOME!!!
Thanks for all the tips guys ! I made a second post on this subject, and included some of the landmarks you suggested.
It’s impossible to please everyone, there are so many beautiful spots in the world… But I hope you’ll enjoy the sequel !
Some of the photos are very good; many do not capture the essence of the landmark. Also, the titling needs work, for example, “The Chinese Wall in China”, I believe everyone knows and refers to it as The Great Wall. Errors of the types above detract.
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )SCOTT SAID: “fab photos… one thing, horse shoe falls ( Niagara falls ) are entirely in Canada… the US falls are taken from a different angle… and not in the photo…”
Scott, if I may, your comment is not quite accurate. The international boundary places all of what is commonly referred to as the American Falls and one half of the Horseshoe Falls commonly referred to as the Canadian Falls within the United States. The boundary divides the Horseshoe Falls exactly in the middle.
Scott’s mistake is a common enough one. That said the best view of the Falls by far is from the Canadian side and that is where we always stay when we visit the Falls. A stupid Yank.
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )Oops, with all due respect Scott may have been more right than I. After doing a little research, not at all scientific, it looks to me as though almost all of the Horseshoe Falls is within Canada, with perhaps one fifth in the US.
Apologies to Scott. Still without question is the beauty of the Niagara Falls Park on the Canadian side and of course the views from there are the best.
A stupid Yank
( 2 years and 3972 days ago )Not to beat a dead horse Josfitz, but there are two distinctly different ” Niagara Falls” The Horseshoe falls, entirely in Canada, and the American falls in New York… The two are separated by a chunk of land and the photo contained on this sight is a shot of the Horseshoe falls, Canada, not one fifth in the US… If you google image it, you will see what I mean…. try……….” aerial shots Niagara Falls”
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )i think that you should make the Burj Khalifa and not the Burg Al Arab in Dubai, UAE the important sight to see. also include the grande bazaar in Istanbul and Tikal in Guatemala.
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )that isn’t the Burj Dubai….
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )Great pictures. Love the Santorini image, I have sat with that view a few times enjoying a nice cold beer. One of lifes pleasures.
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )I think that u should include the giants causeway, here in Northern Irealnd. Its totally unique and an unbeleivable natural wonder! @ baciephus – u can see big ben from anywhere nearby!
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )lindzi: Technically, Bg Ben is the BELL that chimes the hours. The clock and the tower are, in fact, known as the clock (or tower clock) and the the clock tower, respectively.
( 2 years and 3971 days ago )Mt. Olympus?
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )Scott,
I’m going to respectfully disagree with you and site Google earth’s depiction of the U.S.border. If the measuring tool is used it shows Horseshoe falls 680 feet in the U.S.A./New York and 1270 feet in Canada/Ontario. Josfitz is correct in that the Canadian side has a much better view and they have developed their side much better because of the view. I live about 5 hours drive from the falls and have been there many times but never tire of the view. Awsome is a much overused word nowadays but accurate when used to describe this special place. Many thanks to Hilleke for putting this site together.
i feel cultured
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )Amazing!!!! I would love to see all of these places before I die. Or at least some of them.
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )Technically speaking, most of you are jerks. She put up a nice photo album for our enjoyment, not an encyclopedia. Enjoy for what it is and quit being so smug!
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )They forgot New Grange in Ireland which was a megalithic passage tomb mound that was built much before Stone Henge and the Great Pyrimids in Egypt.
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )It’s a shame to see that many of these landmarks are in Arab countries and that I will never get to see them since I am Israeli and if I were to visit them I would have to hide my identity for fear of being kidnapped or killed….. Great pictures though!!
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )where is the pyramids
( 2 years and 3970 days ago )i really enjoyed your pictures i find them vary intresting
thanks
God there are so many prissy little bitches commenting here…. Stuff is mispelled: get over it. Errors were made in the details: big whoop. Your favorite landmark isn’t listed: cry a river.
Bottom line is this: the author contributed much more than any of you, so shut up and enjoy it. If you can’t do that, go somewhere else and leave the rest of us in peace.
( 2 years and 3969 days ago )As it once was said: “Travels broaden the mind”, well… the same applies to these pics. I’m simply taken aback and got my feet itching.
( 2 years and 3969 days ago )How could you fail to include the BIG CHICKEN on Highway 41, Marietta, GA USA?
You could give directions to any of the fifty listed landmarks with reference to the KFC Big Chicken…
http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/bigchicken.html
I love these!! I am quite the traveler and can’t wait to set foot on these places;)
( 2 years and 3968 days ago )The Chinese Wall? Really? Mistakes on lesser known landmarks I can understand but just about any 5 year old out there knows that the Great Wall of China is called the Great Wall. The Chinese Wall. Please fix that.
( 2 years and 3968 days ago )oh, please, stop being so horrible everyone! there are thousands of beautiful things in this world that arent on the list. the photos are amazing, as is every landmark on this page. this page is beautiful and its people like you who create the hate and ugly things in this world. accept the beauty this amazing individual is sharing with you
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( 2 years and 3968 days ago )You are so right… Google earth shows the Horseshoe falls does fall on the American border. Huh… there is conflicting written research on the subject.. I stand corrected. However what’s really funny is that you can see Tim Hortons on the Canadian side, from outer space…
( 2 years and 3968 days ago )Nate says:
The Statue of Liberty is actually on the the New Jersey Shore….
Actually Nate, it’s on Liberty Island which is in New York.
And did none of you notice that there’s a page with another 50 which includes CN Tower, and most of the other things you’re bitching aren’t on this list.
wtf. Some random building that was built in Dubai makes the list but shit like the Golden Gate bridge or the Sydney Opera House don’t? What about the Liberty Bell in Philly? That bell symbolises the US more than anything else in the country.
( 2 years and 3967 days ago )What a bunch of numb nuts. Enjoy the pictures and stop your mindless nit picking.
( 2 years and 3967 days ago )The Statue of Liberty is in New York. The land around it is concidered state of New Jersey. statue of liberty is also in Vegas!!! why was that not on this list?
( 2 years and 3967 days ago )Did any one visit one of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and saw it’s citadel?
It is the citadel of Aleppo, in SYRIA; folks you should consider this visit in your life time.
This is some thing really cool… I love the stuff.. `
( 2 years and 3967 days ago )hey…. that inukshuk in canada is in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.. polar bear capital… if anyone wants to know…lol
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )You forgot the Taj Mahal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )Fabulous Photos. I wish some of Forts in India specially of Rajasthan are included in the list so also Fatehpur Sikri, and the Temples in India. Dargah at Ajmer Sharrief needs consideration also.
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )COMEEE ON IT CLEARLY SAYS “PART1”, WAIT FOR PART TWO AND THEN COMPLAIN IF YOU STILL THINK THERES “SOMETHING MISSING”
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )crabby people!
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )I felt a bit wounded how Polish that Auschwitz in Poland is treated like landmark.
( 2 years and 3966 days ago )You’re definitely missing more than one landmark from Venezuela.
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )All you complainers. Write your own fucking list!!!!!!
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )Ok! correct, dont change the name ..”CRISTO REDENTOR” – RJ – BRAZIL. Obrigado.
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )AMAZING PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )Aushwitz, the landmark of poland? Seriously??
I know it might be difficult to choose, but that was just mean…
Prague Castle? Have you seen it?!?
http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1432648
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )Yeah that is the Dome of the Rock, not Al Aqsa. Also, I think the western wall in Jerusalem should be included in this.
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )Where is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada?
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )This is only a list of 50, they’re not gonna put 7 landmarks from Venezuela or Israel or India or the states or any other single state on the globe you fucking morons.
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )Nice compilation of images. Yes there are some mistakes and some missing landmarks, but a great selection none the less.
( 2 years and 3965 days ago )I never meant to insult anyone by not including their favourite landmark… I don’t know every landmark on the face of this earth, I tried to post landmarks from different continents, and from different religions.
I am sorry posting the photo of Auschwitz hurt some people. My grandfather died there, I visited that place and to me it’s a very important landmark. It all depends on how you look at things…
What I did fail to do, is double-check some of the sources. I take full responsibility for any mistakes I made.
You can have a look at part two, maybe you’ll find your favourite landmark there.
This would be a great bucket list. I have been fortunate to see some of these wonderful places.
( 2 years and 3964 days ago )My bucket list!!!
( 2 years and 3964 days ago )Thank you for a wonderful and entertaining display of photography from great places around the world!
( 2 years and 3964 days ago )how about Borobudur Temple in Indonesia and in Bali ?
( 2 years and 3963 days ago )great list, apart from the mermaid in Copenhagen and the fountain in Brussels. Both very disappointing
( 2 years and 3963 days ago )Just one word BEAUTIFUL
( 2 years and 3963 days ago )Jordan asked where the CN tower is, it is indeed in Toronto.
Irked, maybe a little anger management, HUM???
( 2 years and 3962 days ago )A lovely bunch of photos, however it would be a better list with a few corrections. The two most bothersome to me: The Chinese Wall (huh??), and the fact that there is no place called ‘Inukshuk’ in Canada (though I’m sure there are Inukshuks in plenty of gorgeous Canadian spaces).
( 2 years and 3962 days ago )Did anyone else notice that Capitol Hill actually doesn’t have a fountain or those Italian-looking steps in front of it?
( 2 years and 3962 days ago )good job stereotyping Canada. But rephrase that to the Territiories of Canada and you might be on the right track.
( 2 years and 3962 days ago )good list. why is everyone complaining and correcting?!? my gosh, do you need attention that badly or can you not just appreciate something that doesn’t involve your opinion? it might not be each individual person’s top 50, but it’s a good list!
( 2 years and 3961 days ago )I may not agree with the entire selection, but it is nevertheless a great one, and I appreciate the effort which has led to this wonderful collection of photos.
( 2 years and 3961 days ago )Nice, but Big Ben isn’t in that photo. Big Ben is the bell that’s inside the clock tower, not the tower itself.
( 2 years and 3961 days ago )Makes me realize how far I’ve come in the world. I’m 15 years old, and have already seen 11 of the pics live. My goal is ofcourse all of them…
( 2 years and 3957 days ago )The Burj in Dubai is a silly little hotel and should not spoil this list. Take it down cos it is hurting the other pics feelings
( 2 years and 3955 days ago )What about Neuschwanstein???
( 2 years and 3954 days ago )Coliseum in Rome? No? 🙂
( 2 years and 3954 days ago )what about the great mayan pyramids in Guatemala?
( 2 years and 3953 days ago )Did anyone else noticed what looks like the anarchy symbol carved into the center of the Mount Eden crater in New Zealand? Haha.
( 2 years and 3953 days ago )These are all very good except one.. Mt Eden? Really? I’m from Auckland myself and can happily say that the mt eden crater isn’t in the same league as the sphinx or Versailles.
( 2 years and 3953 days ago )Yay! Two landmarks from beautiful South Africa!
To all the haters:
The lovely lady who compiled the list is from Belgium. Maybe “The Chinese Wall” is a direct translation form how they say it in Flemish. (It is if translated from Afrikaans so I’m guessing)
Not everyone calls it “The Great Wall of China”, you know, Geez.
So to Jessica who said:
“The Chinese Wall? Really? Mistakes on lesser known landmarks I can understand but just about any 5 year old out there knows that the Great Wall of China is called the Great Wall. The Chinese Wall. Please fix that.”
Every AMERICAN 5 year old maybe… so really, there is nothing to fix except your narrow-mindedness.
( 2 years and 3953 days ago )If you all have a problem with such trivial errors, go make your own lists! You can include exact latitude and longitudinal coordinates if you are really that picky. And you can include all of the “right” landmarks, because obviously these incredible ones are simply not suitable. For God’s sake, leave the woman alone. Enjoy her beautiful photography or pick a different website.
( 2 years and 3952 days ago )You forgot The Merlion in Singapore
( 2 years and 3952 days ago )ive been to so many of these!
( 2 years and 3949 days ago )These are some cool picks, and several are slightly to moderately incorrect, however i really dont think this should have been such a big issue for people.
( 2 years and 3948 days ago )Newgrange? no?
( 2 years and 3947 days ago )http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/05/50-more-of-the-most-important-landmarks-of-the-world-part-2/
Newgrange…
this is bullshits ! Where is the angel falls in venezuela? with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) much bigger than niagara falls :S
( 2 years and 3946 days ago )Hi hilleke. Great pictures, great list! About Inukshuk in Canada:
“Inukshuk” is not a single landmark. There is no place in Canada called “Inukshuk”. There are many inuksuit (plural for inuksuk) in many different places in Canada. They are “landmarks”, but there is no single landmark called “Inukshuk”, and not one of them would qualify to be on this list on it’s own.
See the wikipedia entry for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuksuk .
Great pictures, great list! Thanks 😀
( 2 years and 3946 days ago )well id say this is amzing but a lil mistakes boys
( 2 years and 3946 days ago )God that is so embarrassing that you chose the Mt Eden crater for New Zealand. If you’re going to put something from NZ, it has so many more interesting and important landmarks than that. Though none on par with the Sphinx, Stonehenge etc. (And this is coming from someone FROM New Zealand).
( 2 years and 3945 days ago )Amazing pictures of natural and man made wonder. It is very nice thank you for sharing
( 2 years and 3945 days ago )Newgrange in Co. Meath in Ireland is 1500 years older than Stonehenge and 500 years older than the pyramids in Egypt and far more interesting and significant than both, the way it was built, the incredible intelligence and talent taken to build it, there are hundreds of stone circles just as amazing as stone henge all around Ireland, but the passage tomb at Newgrange is something else altogether, it was meticulously made around 3000 BC and the Stone Age people had to study the moon and stars, The 500 pound rocks were transported from about a 100 miles away with nothing more than hands, the roof is made by corbelling and 5000 years later not a drop of water has got inside, it is amazing, they were incredible architects, builders, geologists, astronomers etc. Newgrange is a truly remarkable site which deserves to be the top of this list.
( 2 years and 3945 days ago )no need to argue, of course the list is very very long, the beauties in this world cannot be listed like this… nor the ugliness unfortunately… i could not help but skipped auschwitz, of course each and every person should remember the ugliness in the past for the sake of the future, but i just wanted to look at the beauty, made by nature or humankind, for a couple of minutes..
but anyway, really nice photos above…
( 2 years and 3944 days ago )Wow!!!! great list, wonderful photography, and a very inspiring motivator to see all these and more 🙂 i very much enjoyed scrolling through them.
personally, may i suggest some sights from Croatia? it seems to be the worlds best kept travel secret. if you havent been there, look into it. AMAZING photography opportunities. Thanks again!
( 2 years and 3944 days ago )How come Loch Ness got a mention, even I don’t recognise it and I live in Urquhart Castle.
( 2 years and 3943 days ago )According to archaeologists paintings of Altamira Cave is more representative than the Lascaux cave.
( 2 years and 3943 days ago )Great list. i was waiting for the empire state building though!
( 2 years and 3943 days ago )Great pics Hilleke! This list did for me what I suspect you intended: Remind us of the beauty of the world and inspire us to see more of it. To her critics: You did a great job nit picking the hell out of her efforts…without adding an iota of value. Any idiot can criticize. There…now I’ve joined the crippled masses who specialize in criticizing the efforts of others. I’m off to seek redemption.
( 2 years and 3943 days ago )Hi, Just want to clarify the Inukshuk for everyone….I live across the street from that Inukshuk, in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This is the Polar Bear Capitol of the World, as well as a very unique community on the edge of the Arctic. Check it out. This Inukshuk landmark should be on everyones bucket list. Just could have been labelled a little better…
( 2 years and 3942 days ago )Jeez, people….stop complaining about the places that didn’t make the list and just enjoy the pictures of the beautiful places that did. There are just too many phenomenally beautiful places in this world to include them all in one simple article. This is a great basis for someone to begin their travels.
And for the person who complained about Mount Rushmore being on the list, it should be. Its construction was just amazing, and it represents the first 150 years of American history. This is a list of landmarks. Mount Rushmore was built to attract tourists to South Dakota, and since it brings in over two million visitors every year, I would definitely call it a landmark.
What about the Sydney Opera house?
( 2 years and 3942 days ago )All these landmarks are truly amazing…now i know things were misspelled and note-worthy places weren’t listed, but hey, all the places listed were amazing were they not? So we all should agree that the writer of this peace put together something great to share and it irritates me that she went through all the work of making a sequel just to satisfy all the dumb asses that could not appreciate quality work! On behalf of most of us i would like to apologize to the writer, you did an amazing job and they just couldn’t look past their closed minded ways to see it. All the photos were great! 🙂
( 2 years and 3941 days ago )Amazing photo’s thanks for sharing. The mood was slightly ruined when ads for Bachmann 2012 were popping out at me all over the website. Regardless, these photo’s are breath taking. Thank you.
( 2 years and 3941 days ago )Great educational page. Showed my 9 year olds – very interested.
( 2 years and 3941 days ago )hey! what about angel fall?
( 2 years and 3939 days ago )Brilliant post. Wow this world has its wonders hey!
( 2 years and 3938 days ago )Thank you for sharing your hard work and these beautiful photos.
( 2 years and 3938 days ago )The pictures are spectacular, it’s hard to say which is the most beautiful but I am very intrigued by Petra and Machu Picchu.
Best regards
( 2 years and 3937 days ago )Cool site. Thankyou for inspiring me to see a bit more of the world. Don’t worry about the negative comments. I bet you the same people are posting negative comments on every thing they look at.
( 2 years and 3937 days ago )Yes, take everyone’s advice and name your next project ” The 70,000 coolest places on Earth” Also, send a copy to everyone that made corrections to make sure that you didn’t screw it up!
I think your pics were great and If you missed a few places…So what? I’m not offended
The Swillcan Bridge and the Old Course at St Andrews ?
( 2 years and 3936 days ago )Omg everyone take a friggin chill pill, SHE COULD ONLY INCLUDE 50. It’s an OPINION. one woman’s opinion. It’s not insulting to your precious Ireland or Turkey or wherever the hell else you’re bitching about. So sTFU and look at the pretty pictures. KTHX.
( 2 years and 3936 days ago )They are really amazing and beautiful, awesome
( 2 years and 3936 days ago )Wow!!! thank u very much for all this images.
( 2 years and 3935 days ago )??what the hell no mic donalds double M? this is Blasphemy!!
( 2 years and 3935 days ago )great site and pics, stuff the anoraks who dont know where the pub is.
( 2 years and 3934 days ago )Come on people, give this lady a break! These pictures were of SOME of the most important landmarks and they were beautiful!
( 2 years and 3933 days ago )Some beautiful pictures, thanks for taking the time to take and compile them.
Can’t believe the negative comments, just enjoy or make your own list!
😉
Great pictures but I definitely thought that a few more Roman and Greek landmarks should’ve also made the cut. The Colosseum, the Pantheon & the Parthenon just to name a few.
( 2 years and 3932 days ago )Thanks for a great trip ‘down memory lane’ for places I have been and for tweeking my desire to see some of the places I have yet to visit. This is indeed a greaty world made better by people like you who bring it to us in photos.
( 2 years and 3932 days ago )So, I’ve seen 22 of the 50 and am scheduled to see Petra in late July. Does that mean I haven’t wasted my life?
I would love to see all the rest (except Mecca, where I am forbidden to go).
Meir
San Jose
Mt Eden in New Zealand? Really? LOL. Honestly, that pitiful mountain is nowhere near as amazing as the other landmarks. And I’m from New Zealand, so I can vouch for that.
( 2 years and 3932 days ago )I am speechless looking at these amazing pictures.
( 2 years and 3931 days ago )Thanks, for this Picture.
It really really amazing moment when saw this pictures, and again thanks this picture.
It is the most awesome site I have come across in a long time and I love the resolution and size of the pics…it makes these places all the more classic and legendary….
( 2 years and 3929 days ago )The Statue of Liberty is pushing it already, but Capitol Hill a landmark? Nobody outside of America gives a crap.
( 2 years and 3929 days ago )What about Rio De Janeiro??
( 2 years and 3929 days ago )lalibela is the 8th wonder of the world and didnt make it to the list…
( 2 years and 3929 days ago )Amazing Places. Wish to be there right now 😉
( 2 years and 3928 days ago )really amazing photos.wish to see all these placess
( 2 years and 3927 days ago )I like this work you’ve done very much! Congratulations!
( 2 years and 3927 days ago )Western Wall in Jerusalem
( 2 years and 3926 days ago )WoW…….I really enjoyed your Photos. Thank you for sharing
( 2 years and 3925 days ago )i love all those picture, i have learn so much! its all so beautiful
( 2 years and 3924 days ago )why is the Underground River in Palawan Philippines is not included???
( 2 years and 3924 days ago )what about jerusalem??????
( 2 years and 3923 days ago )its wonderful to see how many beautiful landmarks there are.
( 2 years and 3922 days ago )I’ve been lucky to make it to a handful of these sites, but hope to see many more in the future. Of course no one list is ever going to capture all of it, but I think you did a great job of putting together a beautiful list!
( 2 years and 3920 days ago )what about the HOLLYWOOD SIGN!
( 2 years and 3920 days ago )dunno says:
The Statue of Liberty is pushing it already, but Capitol Hill a landmark? Nobody outside of America gives a crap.
Wow, you obviously are a very ignorant person. Good luck in life.
( 2 years and 3917 days ago )Nice set of photos yet….Where is the CN tower
( 2 years and 3916 days ago )Stupid critics shut the fuck up. The pictures you took are awesome, it really blew me away how well u captured the beauty in every single photo. Who cares if every little thing is not technically correct, you wanna add a landmark, make your own site! Fantastic job, really enjoyed your work.
( 2 years and 3916 days ago )Why Santo Angel fall in Venezuela is not here?
( 2 years and 3915 days ago )What about the colosseum? …
( 2 years and 3915 days ago )If you look this way world is a really big place.
( 2 years and 3915 days ago )Damn people, stop complaining! It clearly says, “50 of the Most Important”. Just 50. All of the other ones are included. The pictures are beautiful. Stop sucking down on that Haterade and enjoy what you have. Look at google for your other landmarks….smh.
Signed,
An 18 yr old Californian who told you off, uh thank you =]
( 2 years and 3914 days ago )Nice,I suggest you can add Sigiriya in Sri Lanka to this collection
( 2 years and 3914 days ago )Great Pictures but as someone else said..others from Israel should absolutely be on this list.
( 2 years and 3914 days ago )Table mountain – the last shot – was the most impressive one for me 🙂
( 2 years and 3913 days ago )Nichole is right ,Why Complain. Every Chlid to his mother is more beautiful yhan beautiful Josef
( 2 years and 3913 days ago )Wow, stfu you complainers. no one cares if YOUR favorite landmark didnt make HER list. She’s mostly right though, right? RIGHT? stfu people, no one even really cares about your “missing” landmarks either. As far as muslim mosques and mecca, I couldnt help but think how awesome it would be to drop a nuclear bomb in that mecca thing.
( 2 years and 3913 days ago )why not the Golden Gate Bridge??
( 2 years and 3913 days ago )Check out the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland if you ever get a chance.
( 2 years and 3912 days ago )nice collection of locations. Have only been to a few, so my travel list is still open.
Thanks
Thanks for this lovely list, and really stunning photos! Think you might want to change the ‘Chinese Wall in China’ to the Great Wall – a ‘Chinese Wall’ is a term used in finance, to separate people who must not share information due to risk of insider trading!
But other than that, great list, very beautiful.
( 2 years and 3912 days ago )who make this list, dosen’t know Argentina
( 2 years and 3912 days ago )Thanks! So amazing and impressive.
( 2 years and 3912 days ago )Amazing pictures! 🙂 😉
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )I lived for Auckland for 2 years, went to Mt. Eden, along with all of the other dormant volcanoes in the area (Mt. Roskill, One Tree Hill, Mt. Albert, etc.) many times, and found Mt. Eden to be the most boring one of them all. Not that impressive. Kinda disappointing this made the list, but oh well.
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )little mermaid? that statue is the biggest cocktease of all time – its not only not a landmark – its less interesting than fifty monuments in your local cemetery – please when you go to copenhagen do anything but find this dumb little tourist titbit
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )Errrm.. Kilimonjaro????
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )Inukshuk in Canada – zici k s-au jucat niste copii cu bolovanii de la balta :))
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )When I saw this via Stumble, is amazing. 50 sights are very beautiful. I like the Macu Pichu 🙂
( 2 years and 3911 days ago )awesome!!!
( 2 years and 3909 days ago )thanks for the interesting pictures and selection! I am just laughing so hard at how childish we humans are: everyone thinks their country and their landmark is the best… it’s just so funny!
( 2 years and 3908 days ago )Thank you for putting these beautiful photos together for us to enjoy. When I was a child I thought I would see the world. Well, that didn’t happen so I very much enjoy your collection to see what I missed.
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )Great list. Man there are some real cynical asses out there. Also cool to see so many opinions from around the world, even if it’s a lot of complaining, The pictures are beautiful.
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )thanks for sharing these photos… im amazed at how many people can’t just STFU and enjoy them! I’m sure there are plenty others that aren’t on this list. Get the F*uck over yourselves people!!!
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )Very interesting! I absolutely enjoyed your post here. Brings back memories and makes me want to visit those I haven’t visited yet. Thanks for sharing!
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )Lovely pics! I wish I could see all of the places! Maybe one day?
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )World Amazing Tourist Destinations. Marvelous Pics
Thanks for sharing
I miss the Borobudur in Indonesia, which is one of the 7 world’s famous buildings.
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )Just loved the photos..thanks for sharing
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )I agree with you Mgarrom. There are doers and there are bitchers, if you don’t like all the work this woman put into her site, and all personal work is selective and relative to that person’s impressions… then you go and take pictures and build your own site. I welcome the opportunity to view these and go ‘oh, yeah. I forgot about this place’ or ‘oh yeah! love to explore that place!’ Thanks, love the concept of how important ‘landmarks’ were to our early history and still is to explorers.
( 2 years and 3906 days ago )Hoi Hilleke,
Prachtige foto’s! Ongelooflijk wat sommige mensen durven te posten, seg. Hopelijk trek je je dit niet te hard aan. Het zijn prachtfoto’s. Merci!
To everyone. Please, take it easy. Hilleke is just sharing some nice pictures with the rest of us. That is a nice thing to do, not?
By the way. “Manneke Pis” in Brussels is not realy worth a visit, but is a well know statue in Belgium. So… just let it go en enjoy! Please?!
Well the little mermaid is a danish landmark, but imo not the biggest/best. Never the less did you know that it has been beheaded several times.! :o)
( 2 years and 3905 days ago )The Heritage Village Club, Goa is the fantastic place to make your vacations special with your complete family. The living experience is completely different from all other available resorts and hotels in Goa.
( 2 years and 3905 days ago )a correction, neuschwanstein is not in Bavaria it is actually in Germany.
( 2 years and 3904 days ago )A lot of times pictures of these types of places can look like text books because of how often they are posted every where. But these pictures gave them a fresh look and made me re-eagerfied to travel, thanks.
( 2 years and 3904 days ago )loved all
( 2 years and 3902 days ago )In the photo of Niagara Falls. The left third of the falls is in the United States. The best viewing location is in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada, from where the photo was taken.
( 2 years and 3902 days ago )To Laura…
As far as I know is Bavaria still a part of Germany…
HDR sucks, other than that great post…
( 2 years and 3902 days ago )Fantastic and exceptionally arranged collection, 🙂
I think who said about the village called Agia Sophia in Lemnos, Greece and the mosque Hagia Sofia from Istanbul, is not going to create any confusion, everybody think of the mosque when they hear the name.
These pictures are absolutely stunning!
I just can´t believe man is capable of building such amazing structures!
We´d love to have some of these shots added to our group.
Please, go to http://bit.ly/travel-pictures and share some them with us, we´d be pleased!
Fantastic, a couple more places added to the ole bucket list….
( 2 years and 3899 days ago )It’s called Burj Al Arab in Dubai, not Burj Dubai
( 2 years and 3898 days ago )Wow people are pathetic. There is a such thing as being overly cultured, its called being haughty. Take your haughty asses to a best buy, get a DSLR, jump on some planes, and take your own damn pictures. If you have the time to sit in a dark room all day staring at a computer screen and pissing on somebody’s art then I feel sorry for you. This is an amazing collection of photos and she could have left out the names so you self proclaimed critics couldn’t have just googled them all just to tell someone they made mistakes. Get away from the computer screens and get a life. I have been to at least 5 of these locations and many others not featured. How many of you “experts” have been to ONE? Shutup or putup.
Thanks for the pics though they are absolutely beautiful. I especially liked your pic of the Trevi Fountain.
( 2 years and 3896 days ago )Did anyone else notice the anarchy symbol in the Mount Eden crater? O.o
( 2 years and 3892 days ago )I’m disappointed that Chauvet Cave did not make the list. However, the list was great.
( 2 years and 3891 days ago )A wonderful list! I was so glad you included Angkor Wat as one of the 50 .
( 2 years and 3890 days ago )Great collection! I stumbled upon this site and enjoyed a bit of an education about interesting places to see in the world 🙂
( 2 years and 3890 days ago )always a pleasure to see your wonderful collections Thank you again dear
( 2 years and 3888 days ago )great list- really makes me want to slap on a backpack and start traveling! check out my blog about my gap year: thegapyearguy.blogspot.com
( 2 years and 3884 days ago )Carlos I agree- Iguazu deserves to be here!
( 2 years and 3880 days ago )Nice to see Cape Town on there twice 🙂
( 2 years and 3880 days ago )thats not the Burj O_o
( 2 years and 3880 days ago )Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has been a museum since 1935. It was converted into a mosque by
the Ottoman Empire when they conquered the city in 1453. Before that , the Hagia Sophia had been a church in the Byzantine Empire, first built in 360 AD and destroyed and built again many times over the centuries.
That’s a fantastic list and the photos are incredible. Stonehenge is incredible but personally I’ve always been rather partial to Avebury. Also the Burg al Arab hotel – although a pretty impressive building – kind of pales into the background compared to some of the other images.
( 2 years and 3875 days ago )i would like to visit them …. those pictures are incredibly nice
( 2 years and 3873 days ago )Wow there are some amazing photos here! I’ve been luck enough to see quite a few of these landmarks but I still have a lot to go…
( 2 years and 3872 days ago )Perfect photos.
( 2 years and 3868 days ago )Hello. I liked a lot this post. I have visited the Eiffel Tower, Kinderdjik, the Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty and the Manekin Piss. I’m Mexican, I have never been to Chichen Itza but I think that the great pyramids of Mexico are in fact the pyramids of the Sun and the Moon in Theotihuacan, it’s such an amazing place! and the Sun pyramid is enormous. Another important landmark is el Tajin. It would have been cool that you added Kolnerdom in the list as it is one of the most incredible cathedrals I have ever seen. Congratulations for your photos and trips!
( 2 years and 3867 days ago )The photo for The Acropolis is actually a photo of The Parthenon which sits atop the Acropolis.
( 2 years and 3866 days ago )8 so far for me. Long ways to go.
( 2 years and 3865 days ago )Wow what photography and the resolution and pixels so clear I saved the picture of Taj Mahal never had such a beautiful and real time images. Thanks, Daniel
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( 2 years and 3864 days ago )Simply beautiful. Thanks for the post.
( 2 years and 3863 days ago )What about Newgrange in Ireland?
( 2 years and 3863 days ago )Great collection ! Proud to have Mt Everest on the list. But we still have many other places of scenic beauty and cultural heritages here in Nepal. They too would fit into these lists.
( 2 years and 3863 days ago )I visited 12 out of the 50, hopefully will visit all the rest as well 🙂 Great photo post!
( 2 years and 3862 days ago )Victoria Falls is so wonderful and has stunning view!
( 2 years and 3861 days ago )My picture! Huh…
( 2 years and 3859 days ago )pic are just beautiful
Petra in Jordan
Al Aqsa in Jerusalem ( Palestine )
St Peters at Vatican City
Mecca in Saudi Arabia
You look at these pictures and the aw inspiring structures in some of them and it makes me proud of our species’ accomplishments and curious about our potential…. And then I started reading the comments.
( 2 years and 3858 days ago )I love aii of that pic
( 2 years and 3858 days ago )Uluru is in Australia. And there are so many more fascinating landmarks in New Zealand, not that that crater isn’t interesting, but…
I know it is not possible to fit all the amazing landmarks in only 50 slots so I don’t blame anyone, I mean not many people even know about New Zealand, although the Rugby World Cup 2011 may change that a little.
Go IRELAND!!! You guys deserve to win.
Bit off track there… =:)
coooollllllllll pics!!! luv them………..
( 2 years and 3858 days ago )Why don’t all of you idiots stop complaining and make your own list that you can post and the rest of the world can bitch about?
It’s just a list. It’s not called “Every Fucking Landmark in Every Country of the World” so shut up and enjoy the photos, even if some of them are misnamed.
( 2 years and 3858 days ago )wonderful pics, i love them… thanks!
( 2 years and 3856 days ago )All these landmarks are so awesome. All over the world there are such amazing structures that represent all sorts of cultures! I’d love to see more of these in person some day!
( 2 years and 3856 days ago )Why them lost thailad
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great photos! loved looking through them and they added some places to my list of places to go!
( 2 years and 3855 days ago )Great pictures! Maybe to get people less complaining you should have called the site “one of my favourite place of thee world”
( 2 years and 3855 days ago )The source of the Amazon is a land mark? Really? And no Golden Gate Bridge? The Burj is in, but the Golden Gate is not? And where’s the Sydney Opera House?
( 2 years and 3853 days ago )Hahaha!! Do not got to Mt Eden Crater in New Zealand, you will probably just get beaten up by maori’s. So much better to go see
( 2 years and 3851 days ago )How about Angels Fall in Venezuela?
( 2 years and 3851 days ago )Stunning photo’s, especially like Lock Ness & Table Mountain.
( 2 years and 3850 days ago )Wow!!! i think its so stunning and beautifully taken.. It makes me wanna take a year out and just visit these 50 places for the serenity of it all… Good Stumble:)
( 2 years and 3850 days ago )All These Photos are very beautiful…………..
( 2 years and 3848 days ago )Absolutley fantastic. Rarely you find this kind of foto with high quality. Anyway ..i hope someday i will have the opportunity to visit this places. TIll the …all the best everyone.
( 2 years and 3847 days ago )Smart move to call it “50 of the Most Important Landmarks…” and deliberately stir up a hornet’s nest of comments. You got a huge number of ideas to continue with from people who seem to look for an excuse to be offended. That pleases them – and the rest of us are certainly pleased with these beautiful photos. I’m just glad that there’s a lot more than 50 incredible sights to see in this world.
( 2 years and 3846 days ago )What a great trip……… Thanks for the pics
( 2 years and 3846 days ago )You have allowed me to finally travel the way I’ve always wanted to – but in my case, “money” is an object that can only be cured by the winning the lottery! I have a lot of life left in me but I’m running out of years and health. You’ve made it possible for me to “visit” so many places and I intend to print and frame some of them so I may look at them whenever I please. Your talent, as well as your willingness to share tells us that you have a heart as great as your gift for true photography. I was really surprised at the”nasties” that had the stupidity to share their true self using ugly words to “try” to prove how more superior they were to you . . . . with their type of comments, I’m surprised they even bothered to look at the magnificent photos. A coloring book would be more to their style – that is, until they finally grow up! Now I must go to the next “50” and enjoy more of GOD’s world. Thank you. . thank you . . thank you.
( 2 years and 3846 days ago )I have visited 11 of these amazing landmarks. Thanks for the inspiration for visiting 39 more awesome places.
( 2 years and 3845 days ago )very nice list but instead of Al Aqsa you could have written Old Jerusalem which includes the Sacred Sepulcre and the Wailing wall which are also really famous. but overall its a great list and to the people asking why this place isn’t there or that place isn’t there it is probably because you cant just name EVERY famous site on the world
( 2 years and 3845 days ago )coliseum????
( 2 years and 3845 days ago )Only place in Jerusalem is a Mosque?????!!!!
¡Por favor!
to irish nick i agree with you Ireland have a wounderfull places. Miriam
( 2 years and 3844 days ago )NICE PICS
( 2 years and 3843 days ago )Loved the photos, and got a kick out of all the negative dumb ass comments.
( 2 years and 3842 days ago )you ungrateful people dont deserve to look at these fabulous photos. quit being so hateful and for you idiots that are complaining that things are left out.. this is part 1.
( 2 years and 3841 days ago )i’m with bob. and you should all be a little more like traveling tom!
( 2 years and 3841 days ago )This shit is sweet. What a lucky individual.
( 2 years and 3840 days ago )Beautiful collection of Pics from different parts of world. These are great places to travel and must see in the world.
( 2 years and 3838 days ago )such great views
( 2 years and 3837 days ago )What a bunch of ungrateful complainers; if you’re all so dissatisfied with these incredible images that most of us will never see with our naked eyes, why not shut your trap, buy a camera and astound all of us with your lack of photographic talent. Well done Hilleke, we are blown away by your talent and experience of taking these photos, even we won’t all admit it.
( 2 years and 3837 days ago )These photos blew me away. Hope to visit all these places some day, Inshallah.
( 2 years and 3837 days ago )Simply magnificent places in the world, I want to go and see with my own eyes.
( 2 years and 3836 days ago )fantastic photos, as a Roman though I’m a bit upset the Colosseum did not make it!!!
( 2 years and 3836 days ago )To be honest, they all look amazing (in the photos), but as a an english girl… i have visited stone henge more times than i care to remember, and it is without a doubt the most unsatisfying trip ever in the whole entire world. I recommend no-one to visit it… my work is done here. – apart from that… the other landmarks look bangin’.
( 2 years and 3835 days ago )Now if that is not a top 50 list to strive for then I don’t know what is. Thanks for compiling this list with pictures. I am kind of kicking myself now for not seeing Angkor Wat or Uluru while in Australia and Cambodia.
( 2 years and 3835 days ago )Wow that’s quite a list! So many iconic images it’s almost too much to take in!
( 2 years and 3835 days ago )Truly its an most admiring tourist attractions, thanks for posting this i am using these images as desktop wall paper.
( 2 years and 3834 days ago )Auschwitz is in Germany.
( 2 years and 3833 days ago )excuse me? it’s in poland…
( 2 years and 3833 days ago )The Potala Palace in TIbet. Home of the Dalai Lama. It’s amazing. It’s definitely top 50.
( 2 years and 3828 days ago )Auschwitz is definitely in Poland.
( 2 years and 3828 days ago )This is really incredible! If business has a branding, a country has a landmark; 10 times greatness. Thanks you for sharing.
( 2 years and 3827 days ago )COME ON GUYS!!! THIS PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AMAZING!!! STOP MAKING STUPID COMMENTS AND ENJOY THE SHOW!!!
( 2 years and 3826 days ago )This is truly incredible. These are great landmarks. I love traveling to these types of places and finding great travel deals to get there!
( 2 years and 3826 days ago )This is Petra because what is shown in the picture are a small side ruins seen while waking to petra
( 2 years and 3826 days ago )Great list! I’ve been to 5 of the places and would like to hit many more of them. The most underwhelming was Mount Rushmore. The most incredible is the Grand Canyon. I never really understood the big deal about the Grand Canyon until I went there. Words can’t really describe the sensation of lost time I got when I walked to the edge and looked out. Definitely there is something to be said for man made wonders, but certainly the natural wonders are more impressive.
( 2 years and 3824 days ago )Borobudur is the best
( 2 years and 3824 days ago )You Missing Borobudur in Indonesia…
( 2 years and 3824 days ago )Chinese Great Wall I would like to see
( 2 years and 3823 days ago )Love all the landmarks, Statue of Liberty holds a special place in my heart…..I am a person who loves the outdoors. i am a big fan of saltwater and freshwater fishing. I presently live in Houston Texas, in the past i have resided in Israel, Egypt, England….love to travel….
( 2 years and 3820 days ago )fascinating to see this live pictures
( 2 years and 3819 days ago )Love all places u posted , wanna add some places of Thailand too
great!!
Only Sagrada Familia from Spain?? WTF?? At least Alhambra in Granada and anything in Toledo!!
( 2 years and 3816 days ago )These pictures are absolutely gorgeous and mesmerizing 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
( 2 years and 3813 days ago )This is not AL AQSA in Jerusalem, the one in this picture is “Dome of the Rock”. Whoever posted it here cetainly doesn’t know or is portraying the wrong picture on purpose!
( 2 years and 3812 days ago )Maybe a list to follow when travel.
( 2 years and 3809 days ago )AMAZING PHOTOS!!!!
( 2 years and 3807 days ago )all those pictures of famous world sites are very very nice …
( 2 years and 3802 days ago )I am fortunate enough to have seen quite a few of them already. Though I would say the pictures have been dramatized and worked upon quite a bit in Photoshop. The complied list is great.
( 2 years and 3800 days ago )Great photos! I love the St Basil’s Cathedral & Machu Picchu photos, and the shot of Angkor Wat is particularly beautiful. I can’t add the links, but you can find the pictures of our favorites on our website. I would add:
-Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
-The limestone cliffs around Guilin, China
-Even if it’s not standing anymore, the Berlin Wall
-Finally, Leptis Magna in Libya. I hope it will be more open to travelers soon.
Too many to choose from though—this list could go on forever.
( 2 years and 3798 days ago )Nice post to remember the Most Important Landmarks of the World
( 2 years and 3794 days ago )Wholly Molly! This is a very nice liste you made here. I’ll have to look at the next ine to.
( 2 years and 3786 days ago )wow so nice all of this
( 2 years and 3785 days ago )What no shout out to the CN Tower? 🙂
( 2 years and 3784 days ago )Greatphotos…I know there are a lot of places not included,, but never the less just to be able to get to them is quite a feat.. One that I wish to try to do someday, so all you naysayers shut up and enjoy the photos. If you’ve got some of whatyou think are best land marks…post them….
( 2 years and 3782 days ago )amazing pics!!! congratulations
( 2 years and 3780 days ago )you cannot put everything on one list, but for sure angel falls should be there…it’s the tallest waterfall in the world, and the tepuis there are like no other, containing plants and animals on the tops filled with water, that are found no where else in the world.
( 2 years and 3780 days ago )Hi. All the photos of these places is amazing. But Why didn’t you include the obelisks of Aksum or the rock-hewn Churches of King Lalibela in Ethiopia? Or have you never seen them?
( 2 years and 3776 days ago )Oh Great Photos your efforts are beyond appreciation. Good Job I will share this in Facebook.
( 2 years and 3774 days ago )thanx for sharing this images.. as a designer it is helpful to me a lot.. good collections
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( 2 years and 3768 days ago )What about the cliffs of dover?
( 2 years and 3766 days ago )where is the great wall of china
( 2 years and 3764 days ago )The photography is amazing! But some places are missing!
( 2 years and 3761 days ago )gj guys!
( 2 years and 3759 days ago )that wonderful place..
i wise i can be there some times..
i have recognizet about 70% of them 🙂
( 2 years and 3751 days ago )These are great photos. It really makes you want to get out there and see new countries. If you can’t get to all of these places, visit http://www.TravelExplosion.com to travel the world in minutes.
( 2 years and 3743 days ago )my honest opinion: your view of the world is to self-centered in the western culture. Some are not even worth being on the list
( 2 years and 3740 days ago )lol i like the one with the crater because it has an anarchy sign in it
( 2 years and 3733 days ago )There is actually a few more that I would consider putting in the list. Might have to split it continent wise to fit them all in!
Beautiful photography 🙂
( 2 years and 3731 days ago )i love how there’s an anarchist symbol in the New Zealand crater
( 2 years and 3731 days ago )Nice Click!!! I love to see all the destinations..
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( 2 years and 3730 days ago )Totally amazing list!
( 2 years and 3729 days ago )I am previlaged to have seen over half of these …..but two important ones missin ABU SIMBEL IN UPPER EGYPT AND PETERSHOFF IN ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA.
( 2 years and 3729 days ago )wooow…a great pic…all of lovely place that i want to be there…
( 2 years and 3728 days ago )Hey Cory Andrews, Cristo Redentor is a much smaller statue on the border of Chile and Argentina. Check your facts and stop hating on such a cool thing.
( 2 years and 3725 days ago )i hate how they put… inukshuk, canada. uhmm.. town province /territory? hmm…. they name everyother place but canada doesnt get any other titles?
( 2 years and 3725 days ago )Jeita Lebanon is missing
( 2 years and 3724 days ago )Sigiriya (Lions rock) Sri Lanka, an experience you never forget. But great list.
( 2 years and 3723 days ago )very nice places, I wonder to travel visit them
( 2 years and 3718 days ago )what a lovely places and pictures
( 2 years and 3717 days ago )Most of them are wonders of the world.
( 2 years and 3717 days ago )Beautiful pictures. Credit to the author for publishing them all in one place.
( 2 years and 3717 days ago )I agree that some of those landmarks are very important to visit, but not all of them. For example, Mt. Rushmore is a terrible historic demonstration against the Native Americans.
( 2 years and 3717 days ago )The Al Aqsa Mosque and Auschwitz, but no Western Wall? Hmm..
( 2 years and 3717 days ago )You’re missing the Equatorial Monument in Quito, Ecuador which is more important than some of this “landmarks”
( 2 years and 3716 days ago )if you’re going to show the western-most point in Africa, surely you should show the eastern-most point in North America? Cape Spear, in St. John’s, NL, Canada – it’s beautiful
( 2 years and 3716 days ago )I absolutely love the shot of St. Basil Cathedral. That’s such a whimsical place. 🙂
( 2 years and 3711 days ago )Nice collection of World,s best sights. Thanks a lot.
( 2 years and 3709 days ago )Nate says:
The Statue of Liberty is actually on the the New Jersey Shore….
nate, you are a moron. name me one person on this entire planet that has actually said “hey, let’s go to New Jersey to see the statue of liberty!” nobody cares where a landmark “technically” is located and for that matter, no one will ever care about new jersey either.
( 2 years and 3689 days ago )Truly an amazing post with great photo material. Thanks for spending time to do this, hopefully you get to see those with your own eyes!
( 2 years and 3688 days ago )Really Amazing post.It’s like all the wonders of the world combined in a simple list for everyone to see, thank you for this share
( 2 years and 3680 days ago )So much to shoot…so little time 😉
( 2 years and 3678 days ago )Thank you so much for adding mount eden in New Zealand.
I have been there so many times and it never ceases to amaze me.
nice photos
but… my god, some of you idiots will pick an arguement over ANYTHING!!
give it a rest, you sad people
( 2 years and 3676 days ago )Hilleke,
Thank you for taking the time to put a beautiful collection together! I wish I could see them all for myself (several are in my own country). Please continue your collections, despite what these yahoos say. So what a title or city or building name is a little off! Who cares? It’s YOUR list!
God Bless!!!
( 2 years and 3676 days ago )nice photos
my god, some of you idiots will pick an arguement over ANYTHING!!
you totally missed several important and prominent landmarks, Golden Gate bridge- in San Fransisco, The Dom- Koln, Germany, Norte dam Cathedral, Pentegon, Washington Monumnet, so many others…..
( 2 years and 3668 days ago )Amazing photos. Just added several more “must-visits” to my travel bucket list.
( 2 years and 3668 days ago )It’s the Hagia Sofia… With an “H” at the beginning.
( 2 years and 3666 days ago )My bucket list! Two down, the rest if the world to go!
( 2 years and 3664 days ago )love how there’s an anarchy symbol made of stones in Mt Edens crater… wouldn’t call it one of New Zealands most important land mark though..
( 2 years and 3655 days ago )Forgot the Sydney Harbor bridge, or the opera house! those are pretty memorable/recognizable!
( 2 years and 3655 days ago )These are gorgeous pictures! And for all you complainers, there are certainly far more than 50 landmarks that are ‘must-sees’ around the world. Can you imagine trying to compose a ‘perfect’ list? Great list!
( 2 years and 3636 days ago )Those are some stunning pictures, especially the grand canyon and the blueish great buddha in Tokyo 🙂
( 2 years and 3632 days ago )i absolutely luved evry1 of dem..thank u for d hard work
its obvious dat many can be added bt its ur opinion dat matters as u r d one makin d list so iv got 2 say, SPECTACULAR
For ol idiotic morons, jst pleeeez wid d smart ass pissin off criticism………u’v got opinions 2 share, do it sweetly istead of d mean way most of ul r doin it… i mean cmon…its her list so she decides wot she wants 2 add n wot not….uv got a problem, deal wid it widout drawin attension 2 ur self unless y’all r sum attention seekers….den i guess iv got nothing 2 say. doz hu r complainin abt misin places, check out part 2
I believe it is called “The Great Wall of China”
lol
awesome but what about the marble falls
( 2 years and 3613 days ago )just saying you got all the landmark names mostly correct except one the chinese wall of china…it’s the great wall of china even kids in middle school know this -__-
( 2 years and 3611 days ago )Gorgeous Pictures!!!
( 2 years and 3609 days ago )Where is the Colosseum??????
( 2 years and 3609 days ago )Oh yes, definitely the blue dome houses, churches and hotels in Santorini. They are great!
( 2 years and 3607 days ago )A wonderfull collection, certain many others could be added, still appreciate what is on show.
( 2 years and 3605 days ago )these are awesome places…………..
( 2 years and 3602 days ago )I want to go all place.
( 2 years and 3599 days ago )Great!!! But I personally would add Cappadocia in Turkey. Have just been visiting it and it was amazing!
( 2 years and 3595 days ago )Hello! Beautiful pictures of beautiful places. I am surprised only, why is a picture of Auschwitz. In Poland we have many beautiful places. Auschwitz is a very sad place, built by the Nazi Germans. It is a pity that Poland is associated with death camps.
Best regards. I believe that one day on this beautiful photo list, will visit the Polish image with a positive message.
Your list looks pretty good. Some of the landmarks might be questionable, but it is your list and no one should argue 🙂
( 2 years and 3587 days ago )i’m surprised and pleased you’ve included the bran castle,i’ve never considered it our landmark..especially due to the awful condition it’s in.i know you might never answer but i’m really curious to know where you come from, just for the statistics;))
( 2 years and 3580 days ago )Best image in the world 59 picture I like
( 2 years and 3579 days ago )6th picture , with the “Tour Eifel” is a delight …
( 2 years and 3562 days ago )I want to visit each and every one of these places. Except Elis Island. Already been there. Haha.
( 2 years and 3558 days ago )That little mermaid in Copenhagen bares a huge resemblance to ‘ Pania of the Reef’ In Napier NZ
( 2 years and 3536 days ago )Cool! Love the shots, and what a surprise to see familiar sights of home (Canada) in the 50 prominent landmarks – the inukshuk is in Churchill, Manitoba, and Niagara Falls in Niagara, Ontario. <3
( 2 years and 3518 days ago )Cool, lot of then are Greek influences OF COURSE!
( 2 years and 3513 days ago )This is very beautiful. I can only wish that I can visit all of them.
( 2 years and 3504 days ago )What a nice pictures!!!!!!! I like to visit these all places..
( 2 years and 3503 days ago )its lovely pics thank you very much l
( 2 years and 3503 days ago )Great picture
( 2 years and 3481 days ago )nice photos….i guess u should add the pyramids in Egypt
( 2 years and 3478 days ago )very nice place and i was in one of this places in bacerlona
( 2 years and 3474 days ago )Wow! I absolutley LOVE the Neuschwanstein, Bavaria one (near the beginning) It’s so amazing, it looks like a fairytale and its such a great photo! I also like how there is good varied selection here. Inspiring!
( 2 years and 3469 days ago )Aushwitz Poland ?!!
Are you kidding?
How can you put such a place in this list?
These photos are absolutely breathtaking.
( 2 years and 3460 days ago )What about the Sistine Chapel
( 2 years and 3444 days ago )Wow! amazing photos…great collection u have here. U have just inspired me!
( 2 years and 3441 days ago )Thanks! So amazing and impressive.
( 2 years and 3441 days ago )its good but why there is no place of india
( 2 years and 3439 days ago )I’m impressed. By God’s Grace I’d like to see all those places with my own eyes. Lucky hilleke, thanks for the pics.
( 2 years and 3436 days ago )where’s the opera house in sydney
( 2 years and 3433 days ago )nice pics !! i need to visit some :p
( 2 years and 3419 days ago )o.m.ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
the machu picchu in peru is cool
( 2 years and 3403 days ago )awesome post! love the photos. it really amazes me that there’s always awesome site anywhere…
( 2 years and 3402 days ago )very good pictures. good selection of landmarks.
( 2 years and 3400 days ago )Good work.. nice posts.. keep posting i am following your blog everyday
( 2 years and 3397 days ago )Very nice collection!
( 2 years and 3376 days ago )it is a fentastic and vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv good performence
( 2 years and 3368 days ago )Is the great buddah an edifice?
( 2 years and 3363 days ago )Some nice photos here, I have photographed mount eden crater in Auckland. Never thought it was considered a landmark. Interesting.
( 2 years and 3354 days ago )Very nice photos and really good places.
Thanx
Rana Singh
http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/TTWorld
i wish i could be there once in my life
( 2 years and 3332 days ago )it was the most wonderful webpage in the world wide web ad want to say that it was very good presentation
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could you see something like the ”freemasons” symbol in the crater of mount eden ?
( 2 years and 3307 days ago )Where’s Australian photos this is a bad website
( 2 years and 3298 days ago )Where’s big Ben!
( 2 years and 3298 days ago )Wow! A humbling list. I’ve only seen 12 of these places and would love to see more. 38 more places i’ve never been that I’ll have to add to the bucket list! Thanks for this one.
( 2 years and 3288 days ago )Very nice pictures and place
( 2 years and 3286 days ago )Some beautiful pics, thanks for sharing
( 2 years and 3281 days ago )Thanks for the photos,
Erdogan! Did you have to be agressive to prove once more how Turkish people are..???
WOOOW Whaaaaat aaaa greaaat coolllectioooon of phoooto gappppph
( 2 years and 3276 days ago )How could you leave out the Sidney Opera House? Like for real?
( 2 years and 3243 days ago )can there be more than 1 ny landmarks
( 2 years and 3227 days ago )excellent pictures beautiful, Hope one day I will know them all!!
( 2 years and 3223 days ago )Machu Picchu is an attraction which I like to see in this life
( 2 years and 3211 days ago )Thanks,
Beautiful photos!
( 2 years and 3191 days ago )A nice collection of famous places.
( 2 years and 3189 days ago )Why the f do so many people complain about what isn’t on the list or what shouldn’t be on the list? Why don’t you all try putting together your own top 50 and let’s see what you have to leave out or decide to put in that most people disagree with? These pictures are beautiful, awesome job to the author.
( 2 years and 3187 days ago )Awesome list THX it really helped
( 2 years and 3169 days ago )YOU GUYS DONT UNDERSTAND FAMOUS! Dubai Buildings are better than your stupid opera houses and some ‘Golden’ gate and so on. But just to tell ‘YOU’, u might not know Dubai. But its better than any other country combined!
Go to Dubai figure it out for urself, then talk to ,ME!!!!
( 2 years and 3109 days ago )And by the way ‘Anonymous’ im not wasting my time creating a boring list of whatsoever. and if i was gonna it will only be Dubai building coz these are lame, talk about opera’s and a ‘golden’ gate whats so good about that.
And this is to all of you guys watch Mission Impossible 3
( 2 years and 3109 days ago )very beautiful photos… and places. i dont like Auschwitz in Poland.
( 2 years and 3107 days ago )I’ve seen a lot of these places and Angkor Wat is on my list for January, but I’d never even heard of Mount Eden. Thanks for sharing this, it’s on my list now 🙂
( 2 years and 3106 days ago )Very nice list for traveling around the world. All photos are amazing!
( 2 years and 3070 days ago )I like the photos
( 2 years and 3026 days ago )
fab photos… one thing, horse shoe falls ( Niagara falls ) are entirely in Canada… the US falls are taken from a different angle… and not in the photo…
( 2 years and 3976 days ago )