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Certified Green: Top 10 Loony Travel Destinations. Amazing Places To Experience Around the Globe (Part 3) - StumbleUpon. Devetashkata Cave - Bulgaria Ben Bulben at County Sligo, Ireland Shark Island - Sydney. 10 Natural Wonders of the World. With so many beautiful places on earth, a list of the top ten natural wonders of the world is unlikely to create a consensus.

10 Natural Wonders of the World

This is our version of the natural wonders of the world which we think represent the best of what nature has to offer. 10Sahara The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert covering most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States. Contrary to popular belief, large sand dunes (called ergs) form only a minor part of the Sahara. Most of the desert consists of largely barren, hard, rocky plateaus, with very little sand. 9Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay is situated in north Vietnam round a 120 kilometer long coast line and is literally translated as “Bay of Descending Dragons”. 8Mount Everest At 8,848 meters (29,029 ft), Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. 7Antarctica. Unusual hotels of the world — Celebrities, Current Events, Health & Fitness, Northwest Indiana Mom Blog. Crystal River - The most beautiful river on earth [Pics] - StumbleUpon.

Cano Cristales - Crystal River.

Crystal River - The most beautiful river on earth [Pics] - StumbleUpon

12 bizarre real-life places that are stranger than science fiction. Science fiction is home to some fantastic societies, from Cloud City to Bartertown.

12 bizarre real-life places that are stranger than science fiction

But you doesn't have to leave reality for this—our own world has places so abnormal, they make alien societies seem ordinary. Here are 12 remarkable locations in which people once lived (and some still do). 1. Izu Islands Off the coast of Japan lies a series of volcanic islands. 2. Neft Daslari is a functional city built 34 miles from the nearest shore. 3.

Heaven On Earth (8 Pics) - StumbleUpon. For more fun facts, click HERE.

Heaven On Earth (8 Pics) - StumbleUpon

Luxury Furniture, Property, Travel & Interior Design. The luxury Dhigu Resort, Maldives Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa is encircled by mystic lagoons and unspoilt crystal shores, the resort is a heavenly sanctuary on a secluded paradise island, offering barefoot elegance in one of the world’s most celebrated tropical havens.

Luxury Furniture, Property, Travel & Interior Design

Here the sparkling turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean offer an endless horizon of aquatic allure and the evocative location is matched by a tranquil island design style. Anantara Dhigu is a luxurious five-star resort hidden on tropical terrain on Dhigufinolhu Island in the Maldives’ South Male Atoll, a mere 35 minute speedboat journey from the island nation’s international airport, or a scenic five minutes by private chartered seaplane. Male-based architect Mohamed Shafeeq from Group X Design Associates and Thailand-based interior design company, Abacus, headed by John Lightbody, have styled the resort’s distinctive environment as a creative complement to the natural beauty of the island. Anantara Dhigu, P.O. 10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict.

Where would you be the safest if World War 3 broke out tomorrow?

10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict

Perhaps it’s a grim subject, but safety and distance from world conflict can be a motivating factor in your choice to expatriate. At the very least, conflict around the world can weigh heavy on the soul, and it’s nice to know there are some places still left in the world where you might be left in peace. Thus, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 best places to live if you want to escape world conflict. 10. Switzerland.

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) - StumbleUpon. Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia.

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) - StumbleUpon

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World - StumbleUpon. Are you afraid of bridges?

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World - StumbleUpon

I wouldn’t blame you if you were. While most bridges we see and travel across on a regular basis are soundly engineered and reasonably safe, not all bridges are alike. Bridges go far beyond the sturdy structures you drive across each day. And some of the world’s most dangerous bridges (not to mention scariest-looking ones) were intended for foot traffic. That’s what we’re going to explore here. Glass Beach - The Dump You'll Want to Visit - Unfinished Man - StumbleUpon. Before you say anything about the content of this article, I hate people who litter.

Glass Beach - The Dump You'll Want to Visit - Unfinished Man - StumbleUpon

I’ll judge you if I think you’re too lazy to recycle. I hate pollution and the death of our fragile ecosystems and all the rest. But- with that disclaimer out of the way- Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California is the incredible result of human wastefulness and the resilience of nature. It’s like a little Inuksuk… I’ve been trolling around for lesser known landscapes to road trip to and explore, and stumbled across this chunk of multicoloured west coast paradise. These days, Glass Beach is a protected part of MacKerricher State Park, but in 1949, it was the site of an unrestricted dump. Eventually, California realized that dumping automobiles, appliances, toxic substances and razor sharp shards of glass into the water was probably a bad idea, and looked elsewhere for a dumping site.