#TTOT Round-Up: Landmarks

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Landmarks!" 

Q1 via mapthegap: What's the most unusual landmark you've seen?

• hyperren: The bit of the Berlin Wall with all the chewed up gum on it. Fascinating, yet gross
• OliOrtiz7: For me it has to be the Sagrada Familia! Still being built after so many years! And unusual looking
• TravelingEditor: The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao - an architectural mystery
• WillingFoot: The fingers coming out of the sand in Punta del Este, Uruguay
• ilivetotravel: The monkey head "statue" next to the bridge in Heidelberg
• kitwhelan: The golden, flaming poo in Japan is super weird
• mrwhitepatch: Monument of a garlic in Bauang, La Union, Philipines

Q2 via Tours_By_Locals: What landmark would you most like to be photographed in front of?

• davfel: The pyramids and sphinx in Giza
• _kateandrews: No doubt, the Bolivian Salt Flats. Nothing funnier than messing with perspective
• XperienceEg: Somewhere under water! probably the Thistlegorm near Sharm 
• latinAbroad: Me leaning on the Tower of Pisa. Cheesy, I know...but...but... 
• MalloryOnTravel: Whatever is left of the 'old station' and South Pole 'flag' would do as the most desirable landmark to me 
• MiddleSeatView: The Treasury in Petra - I'll get there someday
• raelinn_doty: Oooooh Machu Picchu would be awesome
• travelwithkat: I'd like to be photographed at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro! Although I'd rather be taking the photograph
• magellanpr: It would have to be the amazing Taj Mahal, India - an iconic landmark! 

Definitely one of MY favorite travel photos!

Q3 via utour: What's the most over-rated landmark in your experience?

• elle_croft: I've never found a landmark itself to be overrated, but the crowds and tourist traps surrounding them can tarnish an experience 
• MyDLondon: The Hollywood Walk of Fame
• lethers: The London Eye
• mikix10: The Statue of Liberty in New York... and the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
• CeceMelinda: Stonehenge was kind of disappointing - mostly because you can't get very close anymore
• MirandasTravels: I'm gonna say it...Notre Dame. It pales in comparison to La Sainte Chapelle just down the street 
• the_HoliDaze: Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras. Fun for a few minutes, then boring, then annoying
• NicoleTravelBug: Harbour Bridge and Opera House are over rated in my books
• packDsuitcase: The Leaning Tower was pretty overrated... too many tourists and it's a bit in the middle of nowhere

Q4 via TravelBlggr: What landmark best represents its city? Why?

• kelaussie29: The Taj Mahal, The Gateway to India, The Golden Temple in Amritsar and the streets areas of Mumbai - beauty and poverty all mixed
• travel_edits: Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow - so Russian and folksy- fairytale looking
• davfel: Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco 
• JustTravelous: Brandenburg Gate in Berlin - played an important role in every different part of it's turbulent history
• travelFLA: I would say landmark Niagara Falls is pretty representative of the city Niagara Falls
• the_HoliDaze: The canals of Venice, Italy
• WindstarCruises: The way the Acropolis resides over Athens - a symbol of its past overlooking its future
• GreenGlobalTrvl: The Statue of Liberty, for many immigrants it's so much more than a landmark. It's a symbol of opportunity
• thearcticnomad: Hong Kong sky line at night, because Hong Kong is amazing at night

Q5 via utour: What landmark you've visited deserves to be better-known than it is?

• lizcleere: Sadla Island, Eritrea. Quite simply the most spectacular desert island in the Red Sea
• Zimo1984: The old city of Palmyra in Syria, and the Crak du Chevaliere
• bYY4: Mount Bromo in Indonesia. It's a caldera inside another caldera. And It's still active. Amazing
• TheTripologist: Anything in South Korea. It's an awesome country to travel in, but everyone goes to China or Japan
• traveldudes: Plitvice National Park, Croatia, one of the most beautiful natural sights in Europe 
• beatthebrochure: Maspalomas Sand Dunes in Gran Canaria - there is nothing insignificant about them and the beaches on the other side are perfect
• happy_rambler: Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria - a true fairytale castle
• wanderplex: The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia - amazing but so few tourists go
• earthXplorer: The Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Itlay - burial place of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo, Gentile & Rossini

And there you have it, "Landmarks"!     

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