Death Valley is now one of the world's 71 most beautiful places'

"Many wonders made the list, including royal burial grounds in Egypt, an Indonesian archipelago of 1,500 islands and Turkish cliffs formerly inhabited by Bronze Age troglodytes (cave dwellers). Here are the first 10 destinations on CN Traveller's accounting; check out the story for all 71 sites, which also throws a bone to Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California."

"Conde Nast Traveller's most beautiful places on earth for 2025 1 Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island, Bahamas 2 Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia 3 Zhangye National Geopark, China 4 Cappadocia, Turkey 5 Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe Paths lined by clover and ferns lead through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, which is part of the Redwood National and State Parks cluster in Northern California."

Earth hosts diverse natural and cultural wonders, from towering waterfalls and wind-sculpted mountains to coral atolls and stark deserts. Death Valley reaches 134°F and contains features like Hells Gate, Amargosa Chaos and the multihued Artists Palette, whose colors come from oxidized metal deposits. Many celebrated sites include royal burial grounds in Egypt, an Indonesian archipelago of 1,500 islands, and Turkish cliffs once inhabited by Bronze Age troglodytes. A list of notable destinations features Pink Sands Beach; Raja Ampat; Zhangye National Geopark; Cappadocia; Victoria Falls; Redwood National and State Parks; Cliffs of Moher; San Miguel de Allende; the Valley of the Kings; the Amalfi Coast; and Madagascar's Avenue of the Baobabs.

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