AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Seven famous landmarks that aren't what tourists think they are
From Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie to Plymouth Rock, some of the world's most visited historic sites are replicas, reconstructions, or marketing inventions, and millions of tourists never know the difference. Travelers spend good money and long hours to stand before landmarks they believe are the genuine article. A Daily Mail travel feature catalogs seven famous destinations […] The post Seven famous landmarks that aren't what tourists think they are appeared first on American Almanac .
From Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie to Plymouth Rock, some of the world's most visited historic sites are replicas, reconstructions, or marketing inventions, and millions of tourists never know the difference. Travelers spend good money and long hours to stand before landmarks they believe are the genuine article. A Daily Mail travel feature catalogs seven famous destinations where the history on offer is not quite what the brochure promises. The list spans three continents and several centuries of embellishment, from Cold War relics rebuilt for photo ops to a castle riding the coattails of a novel its author researched from a London library. None of these sites are outright hoaxes. Each one sits on real ground with real age behind it. But…Open