LEGO sets can make excellent souvenirs to take home from vacations, but how can LEGO prepare you for a trip and make that journey even more special?

Australian AFOL Kristel Whitaker recently wrapped a European vacation where she documented her trip with Polaroids built from LEGO. Rather than visit first, build later, Kristel prepped her “photographs” before leaving Australia based on iconic locations, then took an on-location photograph to match. The results are so much fun!

I love the use of monochrome for the LEGO versions, which makes them feel timeless but could also simplify the need to color-match exactly, like with this snapshot from Copenhagen’s Nyhavn.

Kristel’s compositions also help keep scope manageable when the subject is enormous, like with this shot of the Colosseum that she managed to perfectly match on location.

Throughout the year, Spanish AFOL Sergio Del Alamo Izquierdo has been using LEGO to document journeys closer to home throughout Spain. Sometimes his builds focus on cultural events, like this tribute to the St Bartholomew Day festivities…

Or a tribute to the painted forest Bosque de Oma, created by artist Agustín Ibarrola, created from photographs before visiting for the first time.

My favorite of Sergio’s local travel builds is this tribute to the avante-garde basilica Arantzazuko Santutegia that the builder took to photograph on location.

Our final LEGO traveler is legooncouch from Thailand who has brought microscale builds with her on adventures throughout the year to Japan…

To Türkiye…

To her current adventure in China!

And of course, when travelling anywhere with a LEGO Store, don’t forget to bring your passport!