10 most beautiful places in the world to visit

December 27, 2015

Let travel to the most amazing places in the world. Discover beautiful architectural feats, a tropical exploration, and a small Scandinavian town. The 10 places below will likely fill your list for many years to come and you can consider yourself lucky if you are able to visit even three of these amazing places. To be honest, there are thousands of places that could have been in this list but hopefully this list gives some justice to those that were left off.

1. Longsheng Rice terrace fields, China 

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Longsheng is named after Longji or the dragon’s backbone. The terrace resembles dragon scales as rice fields bend through the mountains. 

2. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

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Neuschwanstein, a nineteenth-century castle in southern Germany is visited frequently during summer months as a symbol of peace. 

3. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming  

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Situated in Wyoming of the US, the Yellowstone National Park is the oldest national park whose geysers, around 3000, set the main feature of the park which is visited by over two million tourists every year.

4. Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia  

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Ta Prohm temple was a Buddhist monastery and university during Cambodian ancient time. The temple was largely left as is, with Spung trees and moss growing throughout the architecture.

5. Machu Picchu, Peru 

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Hike up the mountain edge where Machu Picchu sits and you will see the peak of Inca civilization. This beautiful place was built in 1450 and was only occupied for about 100 years until the Spanish Conquest. 

6. Temples of Bagan, Myanmar

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The Temples of Bagan situates within central Burma and was built as the capital of ancient Myanmar. The temples are the largest meditation of Buddhist temples, most of which dating back to the 12th and 11th centuries.

7. Antarctica

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Antarctica is the highest and coldest continent and, however, home to millions of penguins of different species.

8. Zhangye Danxia Rainbow Mountains, China  

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The Rainbow Mountains display weathering and erosion at its most beautiful. The dramatic colors throughout the mountain are a result of trace minerals related inside the sandstone, filling the sand in reds, greens, and yellows.

9. Kauai, Hawaii  

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It is the rainiest place on earth, allowing for a tropical paradise. Hike, swim, bike, and dive.

10. Amazon River, Brazil  

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The Amazon River is the artery for the largest tropical forest in the world by discharge and length. The contiguous forest represents over half of the world’s remaining rainforest.