In ancient times, kings would leap off Wailua Falls to prove their manhood. And not in the frat boy kind of way portrayed here.

SUBMITTED BY: Ben Cole    LOCATION: Kauai, Hawaii (2012)

So please remind us: What exactly is so romantic about waterfalls?

As baseball purists, you know what makes us want to vomit, Ben?  The fashion faux pas of wearing a Boston Red Sox hat with a Colorado Rockies jersey!

(Ben Cole is a Colorado sixth grader who last charmed the Tacky Tourist community by impaling himself on a plaster stalagmite)

Were you expecting a docile UCLA Bruin?

SUBMITTED BY: Ben Cole   LOCATION: Los Angeles, California (2012)

Since 1984, UCLA athletes have won more gold medals at the Olympic Games than all but four countries.

And this Bruins mascot has bitten more tourists than all other bear statues in America combined.

We made up that last statistic, but the Olympics thing is true.

Kudos to Ben for his improvisational acting skills!

(Ben Cole is a transplanted New England sports fan living in Colorado).

The Russian Icebreaker ship, the Kapitan Khlebnikov, apparently is still in love with the Soviet brand.

SUBMITTED BY: Christy Day   LOCATION: Ross Sea, Antarctica (2005)

The world of travelers can be divided into two distinct groups: Those who can’t get to the South Pole fast enough for some old-school frostbite and those who say ‘No way, I’d rather spend my $10K at Disney!”

Traveling by Russian icebreaker, for which she occasionally served as the emergency brake, Christy took a “Wonders of the Ross Sea” tour of Antarctica — visiting icebergs, ice fields, ice-clogged waters and historical huts (from explorers Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton) surrounded by ice.

During her expedition, she also snooped around McMurdo Station (America’s science research facility) and introduced herself to various penguin colonies.

The birds are nonplussed by the tourist paparazzi.

(Christy Day, of Amherst, NH, seeks to travel to the farthest reaches of the earth.  She teaches English at Salem State University in Massachusetts.)

Frightened to Be Food: Fun at the Reef Aquarium

SUBMITTED BY: Jay Hinspeter    LOCATION: Townsville, Queensland, Australia (2010)

Very considerate of this parent not to stick his kids on the hook!

This classic scene from the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium is just the latest example of Tacky Tourist Photos’ stellar fishing coverage around the globe.  If you’re a marine biology fan, check out the Menacing Child-Eating Sunfish at the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and some old fashioned Mermaid Romance at Boston Harbor.

(Jay Hinspeter is a mild-mannered software engineer from New Hampshire.)

Bubble Rock in Acadia National Park in Maine

SUBMITTED BY: Jerry Monkman  LOCATION: Acadia National Park, Maine (2011)

It’s so true: Families who push boulders off cliffs together, stay together.

This Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote photo-op is on the Bubble Rock hiking trail near Jordan Pond.

(Nature photographer Jerry Monkman is the author of “The AMC Guide to Outdoor Digital Photography.”)

The Red Rocks of Sedona is a wonderful place to find a pet.

SUBMITTED BY: Debra Furlong, Mike and Christine     LOCATION: Sedona, Arizona (2011)

Dance for me, puppet!

In the mystical New Age paradise of Sedona, Arizona, where crystals and “positive energy” is sold at every gas station, there’s a small prancing tribe of gnomes who will perform on command.

Savoring the moment....

SUBMITTED BY: Noelle Boc   LOCATION: Charlestown, Mass. (2011)

When you kiss a fish, it is better with your eyes closed?

Rumor has it that smooching with this Fish Sentinel, the official guard of City Square Park near Boston Harbor, will make you grow fins.

(Noelle Boc is a hip children’s librarian and movie reviewer with a passion for bronze.)

Touchy Subject: Nostalgically reaching for signs of Wall Street virility and hopes of a Bull market.

SUBMITTED BY: Aaron Whitehead   LOCATION: New York, NY (2011)

Legend has it that rubbing the brass balls of the Wall Street Bull statue, formally known as “Charging Bull,” will bring good luck to your portfolio.  Is it only a matter of time till the Occupy Wall Street mob attempts castration?

RAGING BULL -- A more dignified view of the Wall Street icon.

BOGGED DOWN -- Channeling the noble cranberry farmer during the Nantucket Cranberry Festival (for more information on the annual Cranfest, click the picture).

SUBMITTED BY: David Meerman Scott LOCATION: Nantucket, Massachusetts (2011)

The big question unanswered at the Nantucket Cranberry Festival: What’s underneath the red tide?

Do cranberry farmers swish around the wet bogs in their bare feet, giving the juice that extra special bite?

(Marketing strategist David Meerman Scott, who blogs at Web Ink Now, most recently scouted out Swedish celebrity shrines for Tacky Tourist Photos).

There's one place where cow worship is more widespread than in India -- the Land of Vermont!

SUBMITTED BY: Ursula K.  LOCATION: Middlebury, Vermont (2011)

So if you’re in the market for a cheese factory, the abandoned Kennedy Brothers property is for sale. Not sure if this eyeless cow will be tossed in the deal, but odds are that she will be living in a University of Vermont or Middlebury College dorm room soon.

(Ursula K recently got sloshed with America’s kite-flying patriot, Ben Franklin).