Potemkin Stairs Source/credit: Oleksandr Malyon via Wikipedia What am I looking at? These Potemkin Stairs in Odessa (Ukraine) connect the city to the harbor. The lower step are much wider than the ones on the top, making it appear much longer when looking from the bottom. Forced perspective is a common technique in architecture. More optical illusions:Howling WolfDisappearing trailerBride kissing a fishSkydiving CorgiA Giant on the BeachImpaled windshieldImpossible ChairsTrees wearing a tutu