...I don't think you've done the Sightseeing Log, because in ARR especially it's exactly that; you're given a description of a vista, and need to match it. In the expansions it's pretty much shot-for-shot what you describe in the OP; the vista points are visible in the game world, you get them by emoting in that spot, and then you get lore about exactly the thing/place you're looking at.