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I know, hard question. So many candidates. The Florida Keys to me are pretty damn beautiful.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)We're doing that trip in May ... Driving the 800 or so miles to Haines and then taking the ferry to Juneau and Sitka. I'm really looking forward to it.
kardonb
(777 posts)th drive from Anchorage to Seward . Absolutely breath-taking scenery !
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)Whenever I get homesick I pop in my The Inside Passage dvd and take a tour.... I wonder if Haines has a McDonalds yet? Last time I was there they had to fly it in from Juneau.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)We'll be going right through Haines in May, maybe stay the night there. I haven't been down that way for about 40 years.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)was amazing. More bald eagles than an old man can shake a stick at....
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)There used to be an old lady down in Homer who fed the eagles fish and there would be hundreds of them around her place. It was a photographer's paradise. Finally, the town decided that maybe the eagles should revert back to their natural habits and passed an ordinance that after the eagle lady died, which did finally happen a few years ago, no one else could feed the eagles. You still see them down there around the dumpsters and whatnot, but not nearly so congregated.
arbusto_baboso
(7,162 posts)Did some hiking around there one summer. Changed my perspective entirely on earthly beauty.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)so I suppose that leaves out a whole lot of the planet. In the U.S., I would say it was the cathedral-like surroundings of Redwood Canyon in King's Canyon National Park. Outside the U.S., I would say the island of Corsica.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,592 posts)and agree, spectacular!
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)...really is the island of beauty. I visited Corsica last year.
But to me the most beautiful place I've ever seen is Königssee.
https://www.google.de/search?q=K%C3%B6nigssee&hl=de&client=firefox-a&hs=fke&rls=org.mozilla:de fficial&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Sc7Uc2SDoS1hAeetIGYBg&ved=0CG8QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=976
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii, any restaurant you an buy a meter pizza and enjoy with your friends.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Mt. Etna is on the right in the distance. I went to these greco-roman ruins...quite a place...
Verona is no slouch either. I think everybody going there falls in love with it...
http://www.ristoranteverona.com/benvenuto!_files/VERONA.jpg
I really liked its intact roman coliseum, too...
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)around you. The food is great also and the people are really nice. I also love Germany with all its lovely castles and food. The people are little hard to get to know but once you do they are great and they go out of their way to help you. Especially when you try to speak their language.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I thought I would hate Verona...the fake Juliet balcony I thought would revolt me but it was actually pretty! Another nice town is Perugia...great food (pasta with just the right touch of olive oil and black truffles, ahh...). The walled town of Lucca was delightful with its pasta so rich in egg yolks it is golden yellow...My only disappointment was Assisi. I thought the thorough commercialization of St. Francis and all the selling of religious gimcrackery was offensive, altho the town itself is actually lovely. It was also the only place in Italy where the waiter slapped our check down on the table minutes after our food arrived, a la American style. Never seen that before or since in Italy...
I love our chats about Italy, belle! Ciao
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Finding the out of the way places to eat is really good also. Love in Naples when they cook the pizzas in those special pizza ovens. OMG they come out sooooooooooo good. Of course the sweat peppers are really good pan fired in Olive oil and sweet sausage, mmmmmmgood. Plus stuff peppers. My Nonna was such a great cook. Love the fresh fish we would go down to the peer and get fresh fish. OMG so delicious. If you ever go back make sure you don't go to the tourist traps to eat. You would be surprised what you find going off to areas where there isn't alot of tourist. Meals are cheap and you get 4 or 5 course meals. People come over to your table and sit and talk and you just have a good time. We went to the Island of Capri. It really is beautiful but I will never again go there. Nothing but a tourist trap.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)surgery that year and it laid me up for several months. ACK.
When I eat in Italy, I go to recommended restaurants and often just completely at random. Usually, I have no problems. I make it a rule not to eat, however, in places that display their menus outside in English. Hotel concierges and desk clerks have always been right, however!
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)to spend your money there. They have this boat that we took in Naples and it goes really fast. Once it starts out it raises out of the water like it is flying over the water. It's wonderful. I thought is was so funny because we had been there about a month with my relatives and we went to Capri and we walked around all over the place with my uncle and aunt. So we decided to sit down and get something to eat. Sitting at the next table were some americans. They had ordered french fries and a few minutes later asked for ketup. Well I was so surprised they bought them ketup. My relatives when we were kids would make fun of us about our canned foods. Of course it was with love. They loved americans. We used to bring our record player and our records and we all would sit out on the big terrace and sing and dance. We would pop popcorn (at that time they never had that) and they loved our hersey bars and I had once cousin who loved peanut butter. LOL we would eat their food and they we eat our food. It was great being kids. Now we are all old and we think back on the good ole days.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I wish I had been able to go on that trip I had planned to Capri.
Oh, well, the following year I went to Northern Italy and had some great experiences there. I'm going to make an effort to get to Capri, though. I know I'd really love it...
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)can tell, huh? LOL
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)and did I mention the art?
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)csziggy
(34,138 posts)My home, too! One of the most breathtakingly beautiful places on Earth!
DFW
(54,447 posts)Praslin, Waikoloa, Berner Oberland (Mürren, Lauterbrunnen), Flåm, the list goes on.......
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I love the Rocky and Smoky mountains. The Keys never impressed me. I have been down there many, many times because I lived in South Florida most of my life. The only impressive thing is the 7-Mile Bridge. When I was a teenager, I went over it on the back of a motorcycle and that was when it was only a rickety wooden bridge.
My next choice is at Loch Ness in Inverness, Scotland. It has breathtaking scenery and I was hoping to see Nessie, but I didn't get lucky.
truegrit44
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union_maid
(3,502 posts)I'm very easily impressed. Any place that has a view that isn't reached by elevator knocks my socks off.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)That's why I'm here.
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)the North Shore of Oahu, Kauai, the drive to Hana on Maui...
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)On my honeymoon.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)The Mayan Riviera.
Playacar.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)Congrats!
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)On my 25th anniversary. Glad we went. He died before our 33rd from cancer. That beach is in against all odds movie. Tulum is the only Mayan ruin on the sea.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)It's nicest when fewer people are there--weekdays and wintertime.
MiddleFingerMom
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1. The area in and around Tucson/the Sonoran Desert -- so I'm living in one of my three "paradi"
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HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)There's a lake, Konigssee, (look it up on Wiki for a couple of beautiful pictures). We took the boat trip to the end of the lake. It was absolutely stunning.
CrazyOrangeCat
(6,112 posts)Only been to Michigan once, but it was memorable. We floated the Au Sable River for two days, and it was the prettiest river I've ever been on. Never seen so much wildlife. Only time I ever saw mink and otter. It was a cool spring, and we only saw two other couples the whole time. I really need to go back there.
CrazyOrangeCat
(6,112 posts)I like to disappear there.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)CrazyOrangeCat
(6,112 posts)Jeeping in redrock country is usually an activity of the "No Girls Club".
Tho there was one memorable exception . . .
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)This was across the street.
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mokawanis
(4,453 posts)My wife and I went there for our 25th anniversary. I don't know if we'll ever be able to afford a return trip, but I'd love to see it again.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Is that up near Denali?
mokawanis
(4,453 posts)I was too lazy to post one of the pics from out trip and just grabbed one from google.
You'd be a good one to ask - When my wife and I were in Alaska we went to Juneau and stayed in a forest-service cabin for a while before taking the ferry to Skagway to ride the White Pass and Yukon Express railroad. Do you think we chose wisely by remaining in SE Alaska, or should we have gone on up to the Denali area instead? (our time was limited) I've been wondering about this ever since we did the trip several years ago.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Southcentral where I live is also really beautiful but different from Southeast. The advantage to coming up here is that you can rent a car and drive around, up to Fairbanks if you want, or down to Homer or Seward. It's just a little more accessible. Or a lot more accessible, actually.
The thing that's strange about Alaska is that there really aren't many roads at all, so unless you've got the big bucks to fly out to western Alaska, you're pretty well limited to what we call the Railbelt, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward, Homer. There are only two routes to Fairbanks from Anchorage, but if you do the loop, you'll see some really incredible scenery.
My best advice to you would be to make another trip. .
Ed. We're flying out to Nome, which is extreme northwest, this weekend for the end of the Iditarod. I'll be posting a link to my photos later. You might want to check them out. I should have them up by the end of this month.
mokawanis
(4,453 posts)When we were there I always had the feeling that we could go anywhere and not be disappointed. The train ride we took out of Skagway was was one of the best parts of the trip, incredible scenery the entire route. I'll be sure to check out your pics. Have a great trip and be safe!
Aristus
(66,468 posts)(I can't choose just one; I have ancestors from all three countries...)
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)If I could afford it, I would move there.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)but it was breathtaking
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)And maybe you may get a glimpse of Nessie.
Throd
(7,208 posts)applegrove
(118,832 posts)in the waterfall every day. It was gorgeous. We were so high in the mountains that often it would be raining and cloudy down below us while we were in sunshine.
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BillStein
(758 posts)That was my first choice
applegrove
(118,832 posts)Lake Louise?
BillStein
(758 posts)I hiked the circuit- up to Lake Agnes and Mirror Lake, then down to the teahouse at the glacier, then back along the shore of Lake Louise to the Cateau.... breathtakingly beautiful
applegrove
(118,832 posts)SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)Reminds me of the cabins we stay at every summer near Lake Trinity (Northern California, near Mount Shasta).
Here's my son on the rope swing there:
applegrove
(118,832 posts)such a great summer. Then I had to go back to my last year of high school which I just hated.
XRubicon
(2,212 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)lark
(23,160 posts)I've travelled most of the world, and this is the one place and time that truly stunned me. Breathtaking when the sky is all orange and black and blue from the monarchs fluttering. You hold out your arms, be very still, and they will alight on you. I experienced this the first year the park opened and me and my friend were the only ones there in the grove. Amazing and magical.
Big Sur during the spring when the sunny hills are covered in the bright yellows and oranges of California poppies and the shade hills are covered in purple columbines.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)I have a new desktop image.
mainer
(12,031 posts)Lucky me to live in Maine.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)GentryDixon
(2,963 posts)I have fished that lake before. My family had early settlers to the Valley. My Dad's ashes are scattered up the Gros Ventre River above Kelly, WY.
Beautiful...
Sedona
(3,769 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)Natural setting
Populated setting:
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)It is the fun place to go. I lived in South Florida most of my life and used to go down there at least once a year.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Not anymore. My last *flight out (the store)* was 2006.
I'm done with Key West.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)from the Village of Oak Creek
through Uptown Sedona
to West Sedona
and back again
Sedona
(3,769 posts)Mittens and Queen Anne are correct on this one thing
Janecita
(86 posts)Old Havana, M'dina (Malta) and Paris. I love medieval architecture.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Everyone should go there while I head back to Maui.
Janecita
(86 posts)It has great restaurants, NJPAC, and that new Arena. Three great universities, NJIT, Rutgers (my Alma Mater) and Seton Hall Law School. It also has a seriously hot mayor.It has a bad reputation, but it's a fun city. I also like Maui better though
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)True, great mayor. What's NJPAC? I love this thread because one can find beautiful things in every area. I lived in downtown Detroit for a few years & still have a spot in my heart for it. Welcome here. Have fun!
Janecita
(86 posts)Thanks
NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)I was going to mention UMDNJ as a university but I think its part of Rutgers now.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)Gabby Hayes
(289 posts)Mopar151
(10,002 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,753 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,478 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)mountains of any kind. Mountains, mountain forests, mountain rivers and lakes. Here are some favorites that I've been to:
Nitram
(22,900 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)Coldest water ever and yes--stunningly beautiful
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)Year round is 72 degrees. Cold indeed when you first get in, but your body soon acclimates.
Liberal Jesus Freak
(1,451 posts)I've always wondered if the water would feel warm in the winter when the outside temps are lower
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)The water doesn't feel warm per se, but you do feel more comfortable in than out.
It's really cool though--if you go in the winter, often times you'll have free reign of the spring itself. It's awesome to have a place like that all to yourself.
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)Got lost in the woods while collecting samples for my Botany class. I followed the river and hitched a ride back to the head of the springs from some exiting tubers. It is beautiful.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)...and here I am. Sitting in a windowless office staring at a beige wall.
Thanks steve2470. Thanks a lot.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)dmoyer
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,209 posts)They said it was breathtaking.
Can't wait to find out for myself!
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)It's best to see it at sea level, from a boat.
DFW
(54,447 posts)The Na Pali coast is something everyone should see once in their lives.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)because it is home.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Since we live so close and practically breathe the same air, I hope you don't mind my excessive gas. The ocean breeze helps, though.
Hi neighbor.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Howdy.
I actually left home twelve years ago. I fell in love and went to her. We are moving back to California when she retires. Can't wait!
And it's been too long since I've been home . . . I am so homesick!
SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)Because its home. I took this pic this Wednesday with my phone (Catalina Island is on the horizon):
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)over a hundred feet of shore. (So do the skimboarders.)
That's really a beautiful picture. Thanks for posting it.
SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)BTW, there's a great place at the foot of the pier to sit and take it all in.
Cheers!
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)I always thought of HB as a surfer's hangout.
I like Hermosa, myself, a little more casaul than Redondo or Manhattan Beach.
and I've spent most time around the Santa Monica Pier.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)Never got up on a board. It is Surf City USA. Nobody ever said it had to be board surfing . . .
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Neoma
(10,039 posts)BlueCollar
(3,859 posts)Anywhere that hasn't been built up.
For sheer range of diversity - the Pacific coast and the coastal desert, the cordillera negra and blanca ranges in the Andes, the altiplano between them, lake Titicaca, and the jungle on the east coast of the Andes.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)and stay in the west so i added two to the list looking thru these posts. sedona and jackson lake.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Particularly the Prince of Wales hotel in Waterton Provincial Park.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,592 posts)The Cascade Mountain range, viewed from Spencer Island, Everett, WA
VPStoltz
(1,295 posts)Never get tired of all the Mt. Baker hikes and camping along the rivers - especially during salmon season.
didact
(246 posts)but I prefer forest to beach
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)Especially in the Fall.
Groton, VT.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)she is everything to me.
Boomerproud
(7,968 posts)everything I saw in Scotland, and Hawaii and Alaska are both gorgeous.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)in the spring ~
when the cactus are blooming and the desert canyon ferns are unfurling from dampened sand after a seasonal rain...
sunrise at refugio beach, north of santa barbara, where on a clear morning one can look across to the channel islands and see every detail of the island topography
any time, any day in the sacred silence of the redwood cathedral forests of the pacific northwest...
late afternoon on the frigid peaks of the san juans of colorado when the air is so clear - i swear you can see the sun set on the pacific
the solitary fjords of southwestern alaska,
the verdant high mountain valleys tucked around the cascades
marmar
(77,094 posts)...... but the Northern California coastline is up there too.
As far as human-made beauty, it's pretty tough to beat a certain city in NW Europe.
pengillian101
(2,351 posts)Northern MN.
EDIT: Oops, I forgot Stanley, Idaho.
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Trascoli
(194 posts)and few people. I love blue clear waters, sand and surf. My second choice would be wide open grass lands with mountains in the back, perhaps Montana with a large lake and log cabbin, few people.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Lake Tahoe
The Olympic Peninsula
Zion National Park
Mammoth Lakes
KauaiK
(544 posts)and Polihale beach. No place like home
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)side yard:
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rocktivity
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I would not be outraged.
rocktivity
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)jeffrey_pdx
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ashling
(25,771 posts)for the last 32 years, at least.
Mutatis Mutandis
(90 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Flushing, Queens.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Tourism ruined that island. It used to have no paved roads, no electricity...
riverbendviewgal
(4,254 posts)Loved the fishing
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)My son and I.
pengillian101
(2,351 posts)It's just gorgeous.
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)pengillian101
(2,351 posts)Boundary Waters Canoe Area. You'd love it.
canoeist52
(2,282 posts)rppper
(2,952 posts)As far as places I have seen and touched...
Coming down the kamehameha highway into the bay is breathtaking...
I used to wake up and see these mountains every morning....
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I feel that needs a close-up or two. I've also seen photos of the Marquesas Islands far to the north and they also have pretty dramatic vistas.
SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)Here's a shot I took from tha base of the peak, looking back over the bay. Moorea and Kauai tie in my mind as the most visually stunning places in the world.
Rollin
(12 posts)I`ve been to several of the places mentioned here Canaima,Angel Falls,Tulum Mexico,Lake Louise Alberta,I`m a Canadian, a few others and there all stunning but my Favourite Place in the World I`ve been to is Manuel Antonio Park Costa Rica.Actually it`s hard to pick just one place in Costa Rica The Whole Country is Awesome,Lindsay Rollin
elleng
(131,176 posts)the Atlantic's looking pretty good today!
juajen
(8,515 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Banff, Lake Louise,Jasper
Honorable mention to. Bryce Canyon. Yosemite, glacier Park, and St. Croix BWI .
And most importantly for the beUty of the people, the climate and the ocean Bonaire,Netherlands Antilles.
TygrBright
(20,772 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)The Colorado back/high country....
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)and Betty's Bay, South Africa
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Jean Louise Finch
(671 posts)Lots of beauty in this world of ours, but I think Western Australia takes it for me.