This popular tourist destination in Ecuador draws roughly half a million visitors per year, but its primary selling point is actually based on a mistake.

Joe Hattab. Middle of the world in Ecuador! Walking on the Equator line. Posted: December 12, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. Walking on the Equator line | Zero Gravity on earth!

The first is a site called Middle of the World, some 10 miles (16km) north of the capital, Quito. It hosts a huge monument visited every year by some 130,000 tourists.

About 15 miles north of Quito, a yellow line representing the Equator runs up a long, regal walkway to the base of the Mitad del Mundo monument, built in 1979. The thing is, they built the ...