World's most cliched travel photos

<b>Crossing Abbey Road</b> Abbey Road, the famous spot from the cover of the Beatles 1969 album of the same name, became the coolest place in the world to cross the street. (Christopher-Daniel Gregorczyk)

<b>Holding the Leaning Tower of Pisa</b> Hurry, before it falls! Wait, this tower has been tilted for more than 800 years—it’s probably good to go without faux assistance for photos. (Barney Moss)

<b>Sunset at Angkor Wat</b> Sunset shots at Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s best-preserved Buddhist temple, are stunning. But photos of tourists taking photos of the sunset? Not so much. (Brian Hoffman)

<b>Blue Lagoon Baths</b> You’re probably going to visit Iceland’s geothermal Blue Lagoon and you’ll probably slather silica mud all over your face. It simply must be done. (Ian Wilson)

<b>Kissing the Sphinx</b> We sincerely doubt that when ancient Egyptians built the Great Sphinx of Giza, they ever imagined tourists posing, lips puckered to give it a swak. (David Haberthür)

<b>Copying Christ the Redeemer</b> It’s not a successful visit to see Christ the Redeemer, Rio’s 98-foot religious monument, unless you do as he does. (Mike Vondran)

<b>Becoming Bruce Lee</b> Bruce Lee, the Chinese-American master martial artist was all high kicks and hijinks, so any visit to his Hong Kong statue demands adequate Jeet Kune Do moves. (Ming-yen Hsu)

<b>Doing the Bangkok Dance</b> These statues are supporting a shrine; these tourists are supporting stereotypes of tourists. (Nir Nussbaum)

<b>Pinching the Taj Mahal</b> Emperor Shah Jahan, the man who spent more than 20 years building this mausoleum in memory of his third wife, would not have like people pinching her temple. (Brian McGuirk)

<b>Kissing in Times Square</b> This sailor and his girl in white kissing on Victory over Japan day in 1945 are forever immortalized in 26-foot glory. You’ll come away with a digital pic. (Asterio Tecson)

<b>Climbing Kjerag Rock</b> Nevermind that you waited behind 17 tourists for a chance to stand more than 3,000 feet above ground on this stone wedged precariously between two rocks in Norway, if you were brave enough, that deserves a bragging-rights photo. (Petter Sandell)

<b>Jumping at the Eiffel Tower</b> Because it wouldn’t be the Eiffel Tower if you weren’t captured mid-air. C’est la vie, right? (Marcia Taylor)

<b>Representing Rocky</b> Yo. It ain’t how hard you hit, it’s about how cool you look replicating Rocky. (Adam Baker)

<b>Surveying Wall Street’s Bull</b> Wall Street’s Charging Bull is supposed to represent financial optimism and prosperity and people are fondling it. (Jose)

<b>Fun with Fountains</b> When in Rome, do not do as the other tourists do. (Alec Couros)

<b>Thai Ronald McDonald</b> In Thailand, Ronald McDonald greets you with a respectful <i>wai</i>. Why not do it too? (Ween Nee)

<b>Phone Photo Booth</b> It was a London phone booth that got Harry Potter to the Ministry of Magic—this could be more than a photo op. (2Serenity)

<b>Walk Like an Egyptian</b> The song by The Bangles came out in 1986 and this photo fad should have faded with side ponytails. (ephysimon)

<b>Salt Flats Perspective</b> Yes, Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flats are vast, but there’s no need to celebrate an inferiority complex. (rabbit.Hole)

<b>Washington Monument Weirdness</b> We’re not even sure what’s happening here. Looks like she’s trying to tell us the Washington Monument is greater than whatever is behind her. (Drama Queen)

<b>One with the Statue of Liberty</b> Because you have to be the Statue of Liberty to appreciate her. (Andy Price)

<b>Snapping Snake Charmers</b> Snake charming is an Indian folk art, but taking this photo won’t be charming if you’ve got ophidiophobia. (Henrik Brameus)