10 Amazing Places You Need To See IRL To Believe

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1. Tulip Fields, Netherlands

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The flower fields in Keukenhof are the kind of beautiful you won't be able to stop thinking about. You can check here for updates about the best times to travel for ultimate flower-viewing each year.

2. Bagan, Myanmar

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More than 2,000 temples dot the landscape of the Bagan Architectural Zone. It's pretty spectacular no matter how you look at it, but the best way to view it might be from a hot air balloon.

3. Antelope Canyon, Arizona

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Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon, which means it's narrow and formed by the wear of water rushing through rock. It's a sacred site for the Navajo but also easily accessible for anyone who wants to feel awed.

4. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

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Southwest Bolivia is home to these 4,000 square miles of salt flats. During the flooding season, the salt brine creates a flat surface that becomes a gigantic mirror for the sky.

5. Tianzi Mountains, China

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Located in Wulingyuan, this Mountain Nature Reserve covers 16,550 acres, with a peak height of 4,140 feet.

6. Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia

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In the 1800s, the Kololo tribe living in this area called Victoria Falls "Mosi-oa-Tunya" — "the Smoke That Thunders." Today, you can view the falls from above on Knife-Edge Bridge or from below by heading into the Boiling Pot, a whirlpool at the falls' base.

7. Banff, Canada

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Located on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is Banff National Park, a collection of valleys, mountains, forests, meadows, rivers, and glaciers that span 2,564 square miles. Especially breathtaking: Moraine Lake, which changes color through the summer as the glaciers melt.

8. Bamboo Forest, Japan

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It's common knowledge that photos don't do justice to Kyoto's Bamboo Forest. As you step onto the single path that leads through the grove, you'll be met by the rustling sound of the leaves — a sound that's been listed by the Japanese Ministry of Environment as a "top 100 soundscape of Japan."

9. Zhangye Danxia Landform, Gansu China

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Formed by folding of layered oceanic crust, Zhangye Danxia is otherworldly. Definitely don't leave this earth without catching a glimpse of "China's rainbow mountains."

10. Mendenhall Ice Caves of Juneau, Alaska

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You have to kayak to, and then ice climb over, the Mendenhall Glacier in order to get to these ice caves, but it's a trip well worth taking. The view once you've made it inside is totally surreal and legitimately magnificent.

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