<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)