Today, more than at any other time in human history, we learn about the world around us through pictures and videos rather than books and stories of people who traveled the world and were there to witness something interesting and intriguing for themselves. But if you think of it, you come to realize that while photographs excel at being visually descriptive, we are often limited to seeing just a handful of them taken from a certain angle, which photographers considered "the best."

Curious to take a peek at the behind-the-scenes of famous events and observe things and historic moments that are familiar to most from unfamiliar angles? Let's take a look at the rarely seen backside of reality.