Unbelievable Places That Exist On Earth

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5 years ago

August 4, 2019

Take a journey around the world, to some of the most majestic places that you wont even believe actually exist on earth.

These locations are certainly something that anyone should include on their bucket list of things to experience in life. Click NEXT to enjoy and explore the most unbelievable places that exist on earth.

Lake Hillier

This is no ordinary lake. Travel to the southern coast of Western Australia to Lake Hillier. This saline lake is different from the rest, particularly due to its infamous pink color.

Abraham Lake

Abraham Lake, is located in Alberta, Canada. Tourists and photographers gather here during the Winter months to capture the frozen bubbles that are captured beneath the ice.

The Algarve

Located in Portugal, it features breathtaking views and some of the best Mediterranean beaches and golf resorts around. Locals see the population triple during peak seasons.

Antelope Canyon

What appears to be a sight from another planet is actually a glimpse into Antelope Canyon located in Arizona. The canyon is ever-changing from rainwater.

Aogashima Island

Visit Aogashima Island, located near Tokyo in the Philippine Sea. It is a volcanic Japanese island surrounded by steep cliffs and layers of volcanic rock.

Boiling Lake

Visit the appropriately-named Boiling Lake known for bubbling greyish/blue water surrounded by a cloud of vapor.

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal, known as the world’s biggest lake, is located Russia. Not only does it top the charts in size, it’s also one the clearest in the world and the oldest, it’s age estimated at 25 million years old.

Bamboo Forest

Capture the serene sights of the Bamboo Forest located in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. Walk through the forest surrounded by towering stalks of bamboo.

The Avenue Of The Baobabs

Visit South Africa to experience The Avenue of the Baobabs. It is located in western Madagascar and is known for the prominent display of baobab trees lining the ground.

The Black Forest

Located in southwest Germany, The Black Forest is filled with vast forests, open mountain heights and peaks featuring grandiose views.

Cherry Blossom Avenue

Looking like a scene straight from the movies, Cherry Blossom Avenue is located in Bonn, Germany a stroll down from the iconic Beethoven House.

Caño Cristales

This remarkable Columbian river also takes the name the “River of Five Colors” or the “Liquid Rainbow.”

Canola Flower Fields

Take in the spectacle of a sea of yellow by visiting The Canola Flower Fields in Qujing, China. This occurs when the canola flowers bloom.

The Cave Of The Nymphs

Take a visit to Ithaca, Greece to check out The Cave of Nymphs. In ancient times it was a place of worship of the Nymphs and known to be where the Phaeacians left Odysseus sleeping.

Chinese Hemlock Trail

Hike The Chinese Hemlock Trail located in Taipingshan, Taiwan and check out the numerous species of trees and birds. The trail is rumored to be a challenging one!

The Chittor Fort

The Chittor Fort or Chittorgarh is a World Heritage Site and known to be the largest fort in India. It’s situated on the left bank of the Berach river and is rumored to have been constructed by local Maurya rulers.

The Crooked Forest

What appears to be an optical illusion is actually known as The Crooked Forest, a collection of oddly-shaped pine trees. It is located in Poland.

Dallol Volcano

Ethiopia is home to the Dallol Volcano, formed by the intrusion of basaltic magma into Miocene salt deposits and subsequent hydro-thermal activity. The Dallol Volcano was formed from Phreatic eruptions.

Dark Hedges

A collection of beach trees line the road to create a romantic tunnel located in Northern Ireland. The trees were originally planted during the 18th century.

Dragon Blood Trees

Travel to Yemen to check out The Dragon Blood Tree, known for its unusual appearance. The trees earned the name “dragon blood” due in part to the red sap the trees produce.

The Enchanted Well

Located in eastern Brazil, The Enchanted Well is known for its incredibly transparent water, allowing tourists to see deep into the cavern floor.

Eternal Flame Falls

Western New York is home to The Eternal Flame Falls, a small waterfall which emits natural gas. The waterfall produces a flame which is visible year round.

The Fairy Pools

This natural waterfall located on the Isle of Skye boasts some of the most striking blues and greens and is home to a variety of species.

Fly Geyser

The Fly Geyser is located in Washoe County, Nevada. The geyser is currently closed to the public. It’s known for its remarkable colors due to thermophilic algae.

The Door To Hell

If one dares to visit The Door To Hell, he or she will have to visit Derweze, Turkmenistan where they will find a burning natural gas fire in the middle of the Karakum Desert.

Giants Causeway

Northern Ireland is home to the natural phenomenon known as The Giant’s Causeway. It is made up of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns forming from a volcanic eruption millions of years ago.

Glass Beach

Visit California to check out Glass Beach. After years of dumping trash into the coastline, the beach has now transformed all that trash into a vast array of beautiful sea glass.

Glowing Beach

Tourists flock to Vaadhoo Island, Maldives to check out the Glowing Beach. When daylight subsides, a magical glowing effect occurs in the water due to bioluminescent plankton.

Glowworm Caves

New Zealand is home to the popular tourist attraction known as The Waitomo Glowworm Caves. It’s known for its population of a glowworm species known as Arachnocampa luminosa.

Goblin Forest

Tourists visit this magical place in Mount Taranaki, New Zealand to walk the Goblin Forest, also known as the Kamahi Walk.

Grand Prismatic Spring

An amazing spring featuring a rainbow of colors is aptly known as The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. It the largest hot spring in the United States and third largest in the world.

The Hallerbos

Belgium is home to a forest known as The Hallerbos where visitors flock here during the Spring to check out a region that is blanketed by the bluebell carpet.

Hang Sơn Đoòng

Located in Vietnam, Hang Sơn Đoòng is the largest known cave passage cross-section in the world. The cave is home to some of the tallest stalagmites in the world.

Hitachi Seaside Park

Visit Hitachi Seaside Park located in Japan to check out the beautiful array of colorful flowers. Tourists also visit the park for its cycling trails and large Ferris wheel located in a small amusement park.

Hoia Baciu Forest

Located in Transylvania, Romania, The Hoia Forest is known for its paranormal phenomena. Today, visitors come to the location for activities such as biking, paintball and archery.

Ice Canyon

Ice Canyon is located in Greenland and encompasses a canyon that is very popular to climbers and adventurers seeking activities such as hiking, sledding with dogs, yachting sport, fishing and kayaking.

Cherry Blossom Lake

Cherry Blossom Lake and is a popular travel spot located in Japan. The lights positioned under the Japanese cherry blossom illuminate the area as nightfall comes.

Jenny Lake

Visit Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming to check out Jenny Lake. The water quality is considered pristine and not affected by air or water pollution.

Kuang Si Falls

Located in Luang Prabang, the Kuang Si Falls, features a 3-tier waterfall which ends in a fall with a 60-meter cascade.

Lady Musgrave Island

Camping enthusiast? Visit the popular tourist destination and natural phenomenon known as Lady Musgrave Island-a 35 acre coral cay on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Lake Natron

Tanzania is home to Lake Natron, a salt and soda lake known for its red color caused from the red accessory photosynthesizing pigment in the cyanobacteria which produces deep reds in the open water.

Lake Retba

Lake Retba, which means pink lake, is located northwest Africa. The pink hue is caused by Dunaliella salina algae and is known for its high salt content, up to 40% in some areas.

Lapland

Lapland is located in Finland and is most notably known for the natural phenomena including the midnight sun and the Northern Lights.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

Visit the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil to check out all of the large, sweeping sand dunes.

Li River

Li River lies in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. The Li River is popular for its boat cruises and is also known for its Cormorant fishing.

Lune River

Lune River or River Lune is located in Cumbria and Lancashire, England. The waterway flows for 53 miles and has three different parts and features numerous bridges.

Frying Pan Lake

This hot spring located in New Zealand is known as Frying Pan Lake. It is known to be one the world’s largest hot pools.

Mendenhall Ice Caves

Is this a scene from Frozen? In Juneau, Alaska, these majestic caves located inside the glacier can only be accessed by those willing to kayak to, and then ice climb over the glacier.

Meteora

Take a trip to Greece and visit The Metéora, where six monasteries are built on monumental natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area.

Yekaterinburg Mines

No this isn’t photoshopped. These Salt Mines located in Yekaterinburg, Russia feature a psychedelic color scheme, a result of natural layers of carnallite, a mineral used in the production of plant fertilizers.

Mount Roraima

Located in South America, Mount Roraima serves as the triple border point of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.

Monforte De Lemos

A city in Spain, Monforte de Lemos attracts visitors for it many sights including the Medieval castle, San Vicente do Pino’s Church (14th-16th centuries), County palace, San Antonio’s Square and Virgen’s Square.

Monument Valley

Located on the Arizona/Utah border, Monument Valley is known for its clusters of large sandstone buttes. It is often used as the backdrop or location for films and print.

Romanian Moss Swamps

Romania can be overlooked as a popular tourist destination, but many flock here for its lush forests, regal castles and grand mountains.

Cave Of The Crystals

Is this reality? Take a trip to Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, specifically below the surface to the Cave of the Crystals. This unbelievable attraction features some of the largest natural crystals in the world.

Namib Desert

The Namib desert, located in Namibia, South Africa, spans more than 1,200 miles. This desert is known for its massive sand dunes, some spanning almost 1,000 ft high and 20 miles long.

Painted Dunes At Cinder Cone Trail

Hike the The Cinder Cone trails and discover the colorful painted dunes. The famous trail is located in the Lassen Volcanic Park in California.

Pamukkale

Located in Western Turkey, the town of Pamukkale, which means “cotton castle” in Turkish, is known to be a Roman spa city featuring mineral-rich thermal waters.

Petra

This famous archaeological site is located in Jordan and features tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the “Rose City.”

Racetrack Playa

Inside Death Valley National Park, California, it’s known for its “racetrack imprints,” a geological phenomenon, which are formed when slabs of dolomite and syenite slide across the surface creating track-like marks.

Rainbow Cave

It looks like an image from a children’s storybook, but Rainbow Cave is a natural phenomenon known as the world’s most colorful cave.

Red Beach

Located in China, Red Beach is known for its red landscape, formed from the plant of Suaeda salsa. When the species mature, a dark red hue is formed.

Lake Maracaibo

Lake Maracaibo is a bay in Venezuela, is most known for the weather phenomenon known as Catatumbo lightning, producing more lightning than any other place in the world.

Richat Structure

Also known as the Eye of the Sahara, The Richat Structure, is located in the Sahara. It’s a formation known for its shape, a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical dome.

Root Bridges

Commonly found in the southern part of the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, living root bridges are handmade structures built from the roots of rubber trees.

Salar De Uyuni

Located in southwest Bolivia, this is the world’s largest salt flat and is a major breeding ground for several species of flamingos.

Sandy Glacier Caves

Located Oregon, the Sandy Glacier Caves are one the largest glacier caves in the United States and formed from internal melting, which causes the caves to grow even larger.

Slope Point

Located in New Zealand, Slope Point is known for its steep eroding cliffs, and high winds which have shaped the trees into twisting, warped structures over the years.

Spotted Lake

Spotted Lake is located in British Columbia, Canada and is and is richly populated with minerals such as magnesium sulfate, calcium, sodium sulphates, titanium and silver.

Stockholm Metro

The metro in Stockholm, Sweden has earned the nickname “the world’s largest art gallery” for its vast amount of statues, sculptures, paintings, and other various forms of artistry filling the almost 100 stations.

The President Tree

A giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park east of Visalia, California earned its name “The President Tree” for its massive size.

The Stone Forest

Visit the Yunnan Province of the People’s Republic of China to experience the Stone Forest. It’s known for its massive rock formations appearing to rise from the ground.

The Wave

The Wave, located in Arizona, is a sandstone rock formation characterized by thin ridges created by the erosion of differentially cemented, large-scale cross bedding sandstone.

Tianzi Mountains

Located in the Hunan Province of China, the Tianzi Mountains were the ethereal inspiration for the landscape known as Pandora from the Hollywood film Avatar.

The Keukenhof

Known as the Garden of Europe, The Keukenhof is an enormous flower park, one of the world’s largest, and is located in the city of Lisse in South Holland.

Tunnel Of Love

Take a romantic stroll through The Tunnel of Love located near Klevan, Ukraine. This “tunnel” is part of a railway which is surrounded by greenery and foliage.

White Carpathians

The White Carpathians are a mountain range full of a variety of animal and plant life. It is located on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Wisteria Tunnel

Visit Japan, specifically the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu to experience the dreamy landscape of colorful flowers.

Zhangye National Geopark

Known for its colorful rock formations, The Gansu Zhangye National Geopark is located in the city of Zhangye in China.

Bon Voyaged