Chances are, after travelling around the world, you'll want to bring back some evidence of your latest trip -- and we're not just referring to postcards and tsotchkes. We're talking photos because, let's face it: Pic or it didn't happen.
Much like how there's a bucket list of must-visit destinations, there're now must-take photos that correspond with each spot on a map. Everyday, at landmarks around the world, tourists take nearly identical photos in practically mandatory poses.
We've rounded up some of our favorite clichéd tourist photos from around the world. Full disclosure: We've taken a number of these ourselves. Have you?
1. Pinching the Statue of Liberty
Image courtesy of Flickr, Bex.Walton
2. Being the Statue of Liberty
Image courtesy of Flickr, elPadawan
3. Pushing the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Image courtesy of Flickr, The Consortium
4. Crossing Abbey Road
Either those four guys all look very similar or ...
Image courtesy of Flickr, Shht
5. Posing With a Royal Guard
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Photawa
6. Meditating at the Taj Mahal
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, mabe123
7. Miniaturizing Shots in Salar de Uyuni
Image courtesy of Flickr, Where There Be Dragons
8. Holding the Eiffel Tower
Image courtesy of Flickr, vl8189
9. Posing as Christ the Redeemer
Image courtesy of Flickr, over_kind_man
10. Touching the Top of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, bfernanddes
11. Squishing the Washington Monument
Is that a toothpick, or the tallest building in Washington, D.C.?
Image courtesy of Flickr, nojustice
12. Star-Walking on Hollywood Boulevard
Image courtesy of Flickr, mahalie
13. Drinking From a Parisian Fountain
Image courtesy of Annie Colbert
14. Feeding Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
Image courtesy of Flickr, Lee Edwin Coursey
15. Covered in Dead Sea Mud
Image courtesy of Flickr, Israel Tourism
16. Taking a Call in a London Phone Booth
Image courtesy of Flickr, Abeeeer
17. Riding the San Francisco Trolley
Image courtesy of Flickr, bgautrea
18. Kissing the Sphinx's Butt
See also: kissing the Sphinx's mouth, as shown at the top of this post.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Endlisnis
19. Tango Dancers in La Boca, Buenos Aires
Image courtesy of Flickr, William Brawley
20. And of course, the obligatory jumping photo.
Image courtesy of Flickr, Derek Keats