National Geographic Special - The World\'s Most Beautiful Places

26 great barrier reef QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA The seas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are a rhapsody in blue, a shifting mosaic ...

“Throw of the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twa ...

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na pali coast 43 RIVERS & SHORES KAUAI, HAWAII Not for nothing did the coast of northwest Kauai feature in the movie Jurassi ...

44 RIVERS & SHORES crater lake KLAMATH, OREGON At 1,943 feet (592 m), Crater Lake in south- central Oregon is the United Sta ...

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46 RIVERS & SHORES the everglades SOUTHERN FLORIDA The constant creep of slow water weaves a spell in Everglades National Pa ...

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plitvice lakes CROATIA Lace-like veils of water, limestone ramparts, and the delicate fall of vegetation frame the 16 Plitvice L ...

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clifs of moher COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND Vast sandstone ramparts, battered by wind and wave, mark the point at which Europe falls in ...

52 RIVERS & SHORES zanzibar AFRICA The gods have been kind to Zanzibar, an exotic archipelago of numerous tiny islands and t ...

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big sur COASTAL CALIFORNIA No one seems quite to agree on its precise boundaries, but there’s no mistaking the wild grandeur of ...

36 bay of fires » EASTERN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA The Bay of Fires is a jewel among Tasmania’s many pristine landscapes. Even in hig ...

38 milford sound FIORDLAND, NEW ZEALAND Visitors board boats or hike the Milford Track, New Zealand’s most popular multiday trai ...

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