16 Of Your Favorite Landmarks Photographed WITH Their True Surroundings!

Context is everything… especially when it drives an industry whose main objective is to benefit from increased profit.

While there is no arguing the world holds a bounty of beauty and mysteries to be explored, changing times have diminished some of the mysticism which is often displayed in photographs of ancient wonders.

Therefore, if pictures truly convey more value than words, we wonder what True Activist readers think of these famous landmarks photographed in ‘ideal’ setting, and then zoomed out with their surroundings in sight.

Pyramids, Cairo

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Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

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Taj Mahal, Agra, India

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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

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Niagara Falls

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Acropolis, Athens

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Mount Rushmore

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Forbidden City, Beijing

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Hollywood sign, California

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Santorini, Greece

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Mona Lisa, Louvre Museum, Paris

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Central Park, New York

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Arc de Triomphe, Paris

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Little Mermaid Statue, Copenhagen, Denmark

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