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Hiking/Backpacking/Camping. Climbing Training. Sweetgrass Productions' VALHALLA - Trailer 1. GoPro: Let Me Take You To The Mountain. Burton Presents BACKCOUNTRY [SNOWBOARDING] Most Beautiful Places In The World. Do you love the water? Iguazu Waterfalls — Credit: Daniel Hardman (via Flickr) Do you dream of climbing the world’s tallest mountains? Mt. Everest — Credit: Sistak (via Flickr) Or is it history that grabs a hold of your heart? The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid of Giza — Credit: David Holt (via Flickr) It’s difficult to narrow down the most beautiful places of the world, isn’t it?

In this post we examine just a small selection of some of the world’s most beautiful places. Before we get to our five new additions to our list of the most beautiful places in the world, here’s a small taste of what you’ll find in our original list (which you can find toward the end of this article). Shangrila Resort, Pakistan — Credit: norbakshi world (via Flickr) And now, here are five new additions to our list of some of the world’s most beautiful places, all suggested by our readers in the comments. Mt. Mount Everest is the world’s highest mountain, with a peak that reaches more than 8800 meters above sea level.

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We will never tire of the positive effects of nature. Its calming, soothing and inspiring influence will never go out of style. The more we rush, the more time we spend indoors staring at our screens and devices, the more urban our lifestyles become, the more we crave and need time away from it all. It has been amazing to follow the newest solutions to the old dilemmas: How to bring more green space to cities; how to reclaim underused urban land for recreational and other "green" uses; how to provide more and more people the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of spending time in nature.

Lately, we have seen fantastic examples of how designers and architects, urban planners and citizens' organizations have accomplished both large and small-scale projects, from bringing a bit of greenery, and open space to otherwise bleak surroundings, to large-scale neighborhood-changing undertakings. Getting back to nature is not a new phenomenon. Travel.