Everything about tourist attractions
Someone once said, “Historians first learn to write on the walls.” This statement is most accurate for the ruins of Pompeii, located at the foothills of Mount Vesuvius near Rome. In 79 A.D., Mt Vesuvius erupted, destroying the whole town of Pompeii and killing around ten thousand people. The city remained buried under volcanic ash … Read more
Empire State Building in New York usually lights up to honor different occasions, events and people. For instance, the building However, the best use of the Empire State Building’s facade was during the light show, titled “Projecting Change: The Empire State Building.” It was the first time moving images got projected on the southern face of … Read more
Sid Frisjes is known as the Eiffel Tower finger guy, and thousands of his photoshopped photographs are floating around the Internet. Now, don’t you start thinking dirty! This is pure family-style fun. The Backstory In 2015, A Dutch food blogger Sid Frisjes visited the Eiffel Tower and, like every other tourist, took an innocent photograph trying to … Read more
This story is a bit old, but as they say about good stories – this one deserves to be re-told. This story’s protagonist is Juliana Corrales, a lovely girl from California. Eiffel Tower has always been the place to kiss for the romantics – be it Valentine’s Day or just a regular day. And to … Read more
This seems straight out of Ripley’s Believe it or Not! If you have been to Barcelona and visited Sagrada Familia, you have entered an illegal building (well almost!) The Gaudí masterpiece has been under construction for 136 years, but without a permit from the local authorities. Construction on the massive Cathedral started in 1882, and … Read more
Stan Munro is both an artist and an engineer, and that’s why he is sometimes called a toothpick engineer and occasionally a toothpick artist. For almost 15 years, this model-making maestro from Syracuse, New York State, has been creating major tourist attractions using just toothpicks, PVA glue and masking tape. Till now, Stan has used … Read more
Sometime back, Ryan McNaught, Australia’s only Lego certified professional, built the World’s first Lego Colosseum. He used more than 200,000 bricks to make the model Colosseum, which was presented in cross-sections – half in its ruined form, and half as it would have been when Rome’s original Colosseum got completed. The Lego structure is one … Read more
While visiting the Louvre Museum, a copywriter was fascinated by the beautiful statues on display. It seemed as if these statues were trying to say something. We aren’t sure if the ‘copywriter’ tourist was high on weed. But we didn’t bother to ask, because we were busy laughing at the captions he gave for these … Read more
Have you ever heard of the story of a friend of a friend who had his mother walk in on them during a session of self-love? We have…and our heart goes out to such people. Now imagine being walked in on by thousands daily, year after year. This article is about the ‘masturbating man of … Read more