20 Pieces of Evidence That Tourist Attractions Don't Always Look like They Do in Pictures

#1 Somehow I Didn't Get to Enjoy the Views in Norway

#2 My Dream Trip to the Grand Canyon

#3 My Mom Was in Paris for the First Time and Wanted to See Notre-Dame Cathedral, Among Other Things

#4 I Got up at 2.30am to See the East from the Haleakala Volcano and Saw a View like This. Beautiful Right?

#5 After a Long Hike to Havasupai Waterfall - Expectations vs Reality

#6 I Got up in the Morning to See Taj Mahal in the Morning

#7 I Thought I'd Finally Get to See Big Ben

#8 I Rented a Car and Drove 2 Hours from Berlin to See the Rakotzbrücke. Unfortunately It Was under Renovation

#9 Go See the Golden Gate Bridge, They Said. Go in the Morning, They Said.

#10 I Finally Got to One of the Best Spots to Visit in Norway

#11 I Paid Extra for a Room with a Mountain View, But a Snowplow Ruined Everything

#12 The Day I Toured the Great Wall of China

#13 We Went Out to See Whales. Most Of Us Remember So Much of It

#14 I Was So Excited to See This Charming Street in Sardinia

#15 I Finally Took a Trip to Paris with My Girlfriend. We Even Had a Room with a View of the Eiffel Tower

#16 Proof That the Leaning Tower of Pisa Is Not Crooked

#17 This Is a "Beautiful" View of Mount Fuji in Japan

#18 Our First Ever Trip to New York City

#19 The View from My Hotel Room on the 65th Floor - "Grand Times Square View"

#20 Our Visit to the Eiffel Tower on Our Honeymoon

But Sometimes Bad Luck Stacks Us Early in Our Trip: