If you're adventurous and wouldn't mind exploring the unusual, then you should read this to learn about some strange parts of the world that would leave you bewildered and impressed!
Top 10 Unusual Places Around The World
1. Glass Beach, California, USA
The Glass Beach might owe its glittering sea glass attraction to accumulated years of a rubbish dump.
During the1960s, people stopped disposing trash into the water body, but by then the sea was full of various items ranging from electrical appliances to bottles and cans. The broken pieces of bottles and other appliances had formed colorful pebbles overtime.
2. Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
A huge volcanic eruption emitted a mass of molten basalt, which later solidified to form cracks seen on the causeway about 60 million years ago.
The World Heritage Site has an estimated 3700 polygons geometrically perfect columns that the locals say was created by a giant.
3. Pamukkale, Turkey
The Pamukkale also known as the Cotton Palace is a wonderful UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwest Turkey.
It's an attractive place with a history tracing back to the ancient ruins of Hierapolis, the once great city that was built around it. The site has beautiful waterfalls from natural springs and down the white travertine terraces that form stunning thermal pools.
4. Hand in the Desert, Chile
The Hand in the Desert is an artistic work of the Chilean sculptor, Mario Irarrázabal. It is a strange artwork rising out of the sand in the middle of the Atacama desert, about 46 miles south of Antofagasta.
Irarrázabal, who is responsible for this work is known for his arts that are mostly associated with human suffering. The band in the desert is not an exception as it is designed to demonstrate the feeling of loneliness.
5. Lake Hillier, Western Australia
Lake Hillier was discovered on the largest of the islands in Western Australia's Recherche Archipelago in 1802.
The lake maintains its deep pink color throughout the year. Some scientists attribute it to high salinity with the presence of some species of salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina and halobacteria a pink-colored bacteria
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6. Tianzi Mountains, China
The Tianzi mountains are located in the northwest of Hunan Province in China.
They contain some staggering limestone pinnacles covered in green lush and often shrouded in mist. The site is accessible to vehicles as far as Huangshi village. From the village, you can trek to the breathtaking views of Tianzi ('son of heaven').
7. Catacombs, Paris, France
The Catacombs hosts a network of old quarry tunnels beneath Paris. It's also a graveyard where about 6 million Parisians were buried many years ago.
It was popular, during the 18th and 19th century, for its anonymous overcrowded graveyards, skulls, and bones of the people. The authorities didn't know the site could be used as a tourist center until recently when the bones were arranged in the macabre display.
8. Nazca Lines, Peru
The ancient Nazca Lines is an attractive site with animal figures and geometric shapes found in Pampa de San José, Peru.
This unique site can only be viewed from the air or from a metal viewing tower beside the highway. Each of the lines is about 209m in length. To view the site, you need a scenic flight to a tour to discover the huge figures and animals.
9. Bermuda Triangle, North Atlantic Ocean
Long shrouded in myth and mystery, the infamous 500,000 square miles also dubbed the Devil's Triangle is roughly the area between Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico.
Nonetheless, the US Coastguard disputes any such area exists. But the Bermuda Triangle has been attributed to the mysterious disappearance of ships, planes, and people.
10. Socotra Island, Yemen
Socotra Island separated from mainland Africa has existed more than six million years ago.
It houses plants and trees that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, particularly the bizarre ancient and twisted dragon's blood tree and the bulbous bottle tree.
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