It’s not what side they’re on that matters though. It’s what people think of if they can recognize the picture. You can see Horseshoe Falls from the USA side and tour boats.
Vietnam
South Africa
The Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
Colombia
Cuba
Turkey
Kazakhstan
North Korea
India
Spain
Australia
New Zealand
Mongolia
And last but not least…
Mali- The Grand Mosque at Djenne
Cameroon- I guess a Mandara Mountain village would be pretty iconic, but really the country is too insanely diverse to sum up.
Nepal- Patan Durbar Square
Tibet (YMMV on it’s status)- Potala Palace
Guatemala- Maybe Antigua?
It didn’t catch Brandenburg.
Thailand: Maya Bay. It’s always Maya Bay or Phang Nha. Somewhere with amazing rocks, blue sea and a longtail boat.
Other than Egypt and Cameroon, I don’t see much Africa. Surely there are plains, palaces and geological formations that might be recognizable?
Norway: Fjord.
Careful–we’re such a big place with our own little regional squabbles that representing the CN Tower as an iconic photo of “Canada” is going to get a lot of people’s backs up. I’d agree that the CN Tower is certainly an iconic figure to represent Toronto, but I’m doubtful that it represents the country as a whole.
Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls are a good choice. I’d suggest (ironically) a photo taken from the American side, so the nice parks and gardens are in the background.
And maybe it’s my regional bias showing, but being in western Canada, I’d suggest a photo of the Rocky Mountains, with a Mountie riding a horse in the foreground. Cliche, perhaps, but pretty iconic of Canada, IMHO.
I almost said Kilimanjaro, but because of the shifting borders and changing names of that area, I don’t particularly associate it with a country. The same with Victoria falls. Definitely iconic, but doesn’t correspond directly to a country in my mind. It’s much the same with Eastern Europe.I’m to damn old to have a strong mindset of the countries now there to associate them with anything.
A couple of points- A lot of African architecture is based on mud. While mud is a practical building material, it’s not great for building lasting monuments. The Grand Mosque in Djenne needs near constant repairs to remain standing. Most stuff just doesn’t last that long.
Furthermore, Africa’s colonial borders make it difficult to “sum up” many countries. Cameroon is equal parts deep Central African rain forest and dry West African sahel. There honestly isn’t much of a single national character, so it’s hard to too iconic. I think many countries would have a similar problem.
Finally, we just don’t know much about Africa. Any Cameroonian would recognize Rhumsiki, the Sultan of Bafut’s palace, the Bandjoun Chief’s Compound, Mt Cameroun and the Lobe Falls(one of just a few waterfalls that go to the sea) and the beehive houses of the extreme north. But given that the vast majority of Americans probably couldn’t tell you what continent Cameroon is on- much less know anything about the history and geology of the area- it’s not too surprising that these things are mysteries. Some of this stuff goes back a thousand years, but we just don’t know anything about it.
I know. I chose to ignore that bit because it takes all the fun out of it. 
Here are a few more.
Russia
China
Canada
Israel
Mexico
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Somalia
Thanks…this is sort of what I thought but I didn’t want to seem completely ignorant. I did think that African countries were hard to define, but I was hoping that wasn’t the case. The idea that most of Africa’s architecture depends on mud is an interesting one.
Those pictures are cool tho!!
I would have said the quintessential Scottish castle was Eilean Donan.
For Dubai it would be the Burj Al Arab Hotel(the one shaped like a sail).
Poland: Wawel Castle in Krakow.
Namibia: Dunes or Dead Vlei (famous for the awful movie The Cell).
Botswana: Okavango Delta.
South Africa: Table Mountain.
Estonia: Old Town. Maybe it doesn’t qualify, since it’s not a single entity.
Brazil: O Cristo Redentor.
Venezuela: Angel Falls.
Peru: Machu Picchu.
Czech Republic: Prague Castle.
The iconic picture of Hong Kong is… Hong Kong itself. Optionally taken from the Peak.
France, 21st century.
Threadshit, 21st century.