Before you settle on summer vacation plans, here is enough breathtaking variety to boggle your mind or inspire your spirit: equal parts nature and human ingenuity.

Church of the Fields, The Dolomites , Italy

The Wave on Hyden Rock, Australia, a giant surf wave of multicoloured granite about to crash onto the bush below. From over 2,700 million years ago, before dinosaurs roamed the earth!

Underwater room, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, Maldives

Art deco-style lighthouse in Kálfshamarsvík, Iceland, by Vilhjálmur Ingi Vilhjálmsson.

Azalea Road of Mt. Katsuragi, Japan

Altea, Alicante, Spain

Aurora borealis, Finland

Bruges, Belgium

Burma or Myanmar

Ancient monastery in Armenia

Aspen Road, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Beach Huts in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Cork, ireland

Double Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, by Jeffrey Stylos

Dubai bathed in Sunlight

Ghenghis Khan on the Mongolian Steppes

The Julian Alps, Slovenia

Conques, France by toughsl on Flickr

Balancing Rock, Nova Scotia

Butchart Gardens near Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada • photo by John Rogers

Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland by David Clapp

Kalyazin, Russia

Giethoorn in Netherlands

Kotor, Montenegro

La Muralla Roja – 1973, Calpe, Alicante, Spain

Salt cones on Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by John Shaw.

Jerusalem, Israel via Takeya Yoda on pinterest

Gilan, Iran

Entry Bridge, Meteora, Greece

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

Casa del Duque in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain

Mohabbat Maqabara Palace in Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Mogan, Canary Islands, Spain

Mount Fuji from the village of Saiko, Japan

Ocho Rios, Jamacia

Eguisheim, France

Boynton Canyon-Sedona, Arizona

Le Moulin de l’Abbaye Hotel in Brantome, France

Photo by @mikeylikesrocks, Patagonia in South America

Argentine Fuegian Andes VIII by Walter Q’s on Flickr

Villa on Lake Thun, Spiez, Switzerland

La chiesetta del lago, Italy by Agostino Clerici on Flickr

Liaohe River Delta, the Red Beach. Not far from Panjin City, China

Castle in Werfen, Austria

Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru

Saint Paul de Vence, France

Shan Hai Guan. Where the great wall of China meets the sea

California redwoods

Stockholm, Sweden

Sunset at Honeymoon Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Maldives

Castle del Monte Abruzzo, Italy

Tamblian Lake, Indonesia

The village Torrox, Andalucía, Spain

The temple of sky, Iceland

The Fairy Glen, Conwy River near Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

Tsingy de Bemaraha, a nature reserve on the western coast of Madagascar

Santa Catalina, Arequipa, Peru

Leros Island, Greece

Spitfire Lake in the Adirondack Park at around 7 a.m.

Water Wall – San Sebastián, Spain

Trentino sunset, Italy

Sorvagsvatn – lake over the ocean, Faroe Islands

Wind Cathedral Namibia

Vermont, USA

Chateau de Chillon, Switzerland

Miradouro de Santa Iria, São Miguel Island, Azores by rui Almeida on flickr

Sunrise over Lofoten, Norway

The Blue Dragon, Portugal

Stresa streets – lake Maggiore, Italy

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia. by danielab on flickr

Utter Inn, Västerås, Sweden, A hotel with only one guest room, complete with a bedroom below the water with windows for watching marine life.

Valley Home, The Faroe Islands photo via nord

Sunset at Trentino, Italy

Italian Alps
For more vacation destinations try: dream vacations, or vacation destinations 2, or vacation destinations 3
Thanks to: Mel, Micky, National Geographic, Unusual hotels of the world
These are all breathtaking. I wish I was a bird that could fly around to all these places whenever I wanted.
Totally awesome! Thank you all for the wonderful pics.
always such a pleasure to see what ‘s on your site , and the most beautiful pic’s that take your breath away..
thanks alot and GOD BLESS
patti r j
Beautiful, thanks for sharing some wonderful places I didn’t know existed before, love your site
Enjoy seeing these lovely pics, thanks. You done a great favor for those that can not afford to travel.
I always enjoy the escape to beauty and wonder when I view the spectacular pictures on your site. Thank you, AM
these are most beautiful destinations one would like to visit. I am sure there are thousands as beautiful places on the earth which are not yet seen the light of the day. Even if am not able to go to all these places ,looking at these photographs one’s mind gets submerged into the peace and serenity that oozes out from them. Great and thanks.
As usual, stunning images! Thanks Dusky.
Images attendrissantes avec les animaux,étonnantes avec les arbres et meerveilleuses avec tous les paysages.Merci
So many places to go, such wonders to see. Places and sights I never knew existed. Dusky: thank you for posting this beautiful tour.
Tim
Esta colección de fotos,mas las de los árboles,son magnificas;es como si me fuera de mi escritorio y vagara con la imaginación por esos lugares paradisíacos.Mucho le agradeceré si me quiere enviar otros que yo no conozca.Para mi,éste fue el primero,no conocía este lugar.
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures
The captions DO NOT match the pictures. They’re beautiful, but if you want me to want to go to these places for a dream vacation, it would be nice to know what and where these pictures are of . Thanks for your attention and keep these DELIGHTFUL PICTURES coming!
Janis,
I would also love to be able to pinpoint where every one of these places is, and also tell who the photographer is. Alas, I only know what I find on a site and if I love an image I pass it along even without the info that would help.
Très intéressant comme article !
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