10 Amazing Places Around the World (11 photos)

There are truly enchanting places on our planet, so beautiful and unique that they seem almost magical. In this post, you will see the most amazing locations in the world, created by Mother Nature or people.





1. Ban Gioc Waterfall, Vietnam



Located 90 kilometers northeast of the regional center of Cao Bang. In fact, Ban Gioc Falls is a three-tiered cascade of waterfalls. The height is 53 meters, the width is 300 meters. It is located on the Quay Son River. The river is the border between China and Vietnam. Therefore, the left part of the waterfall belongs to Vietnam, and the right part to China.

2. Jacob Hamblin Arch, Utah, USA





The most popular part of Coyote Gorge, it is an impressive place. With only 46 meters in width and 30 meters in height, the arch is not the largest in Utah. It creates the feeling that you are in a natural cathedral.

3. Huanglong National Park, China



The Fujian River originates in Huanglong. The valley is lined with pine forests on both sides. There are more than 3,500 lakes in the reserve. The lakes are shallow, and because of the low banks, the water literally flows from one to another. The largest lakes are comparable in area to a large swimming pool, and the smallest ones are no bigger than a plate.

4. The Sunken City of Shicheng, China



Shicheng is an ancient underwater city in Zhejiang Province, China. 2 Founded around 621, the city was sunk in 1959 by the Chinese government for industrialization purposes to create space for a hydroelectric dam. Shicheng is located under Qiandao Lake in Chun'an County, Hangzhou, at a depth of 25–40 meters below the water level. The city's architecture—temples, Chinese walls, monumental arches, wooden beams, stone roads—has survived almost intact.

5. Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina



The glacier is located in the Los Glaciares National Park. The area of ​​the glacier is 250 square meters. The height of the above-water part varies between 50 and 70 meters, and the total depth of the ice reaches 170 meters. The glacier moves at a speed of two meters per day - two meters of blue-white ice melts, breaks off and turns into icebergs, and the same two meters of ice are formed in another place.

6. Horseshoe Bend, Arizona, USA



Horseshoe Bend is a natural horseshoe-shaped bend in the Colorado River, a popular natural landmark in Glen Canyon Park in Arizona, USA.

7. Usher Cliff Hotel, Switzerland



The hotel is a restaurant and a small inn built right into a steep cliff. This is a beautiful place in the northern Alps.

8. Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil



The sand formations and lagoons of Brazil's Lencois Maranhenses National Park are a unique geological phenomenon formed over thousands of years. The landscapes, seemingly reminiscent of a snowy desert with snowdrifts and ice floes, attract thousands of tourists to the reserve.

9. Jacob's Well, Texas



Jacob's Well is also fraught with danger: its depth is about 10 meters, but at the bottom there are several caves with endless branches up to 40 meters, which have not yet been explored. And this is what attracts divers to the well, and it is also often the place where they die: it is not so easy to get out of the caves, and eight people have already died here.

10. Marqueyssac Gardens, France



A garden and park complex in the French commune of Vézac, located in the Dordogne department (formerly the province of Perigord) of the administrative region of Aquitaine. The garden is included in the national list of "Outstanding Gardens of France". The gardens have over 6 kilometers of shady walking paths, which are planted with 150,000 century-old boxwoods, trimmed by hand.