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

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Niagara Falls

Acropolis, Athens

Mount Rushmore

Forbidden City, Beijing

Hollywood sign, California

Santorini, Greece

Mona Lisa, Louvre Museum, Paris

Central Park, New York

Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Little Mermaid Statue, Copenhagen, Denmark