Most beautiful places you've ever been.

If I had to pick just one it would probably be the alps seen from Northern Italy near the border of France/Switzerland back in 2014. My wife's sister lives north of Turin in the countryside. We visited them for a few days and they took us out there. Her husband is a photographer so he knows all the scenic spots. I was amazed and didn't expect to see that since it wasn't part of our itinerary. I have photos somewhere on a old external hard drive. If I find some I'll post it.

I grew up in Hawaii though and I've seen some beautiful scenery that was underappreciated back then. I've also seen a lot of beautiful spots in California/Oregon/Washington. Believe it or not too, but Hong Kong has some beautiful places of nature that most tourist don't go to, especially on some of the small islands. I'll be in Hong Kong in 6 weeks and still debating if I want to hike one of them.
 
It’s kind of cliche to say this, but Hawaii. I’ve been to Maui twice (I know it’s for fucking tourists, that’s what I am), and it was just beautiful.

Not the kind of beauty where it only looks that way if you’re standing in a specific spot at the right time of day. But the kind of beauty where it’s always beautiful, and beautiful up close. Beaches with water warm enough to swim in. And you can see everything under the water.

I appreciate that because while we do have beaches I’m California, the water is too damn cold.
 
Jack Reacheround said:
It’s kind of cliche to say this, but Hawaii. I’ve been to Maui twice (I know it’s for fucking tourists, that’s what I am), and it was just beautiful.

Not the kind of beauty where it only looks that way if you’re standing in a specific spot at the right time of day. But the kind of beauty where it’s always beautiful, and beautiful up close. Beaches with water warm enough to swim in. And you can see everything under the water.

I appreciate that because while we do have beaches I’m California, the water is too damn cold.
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Im in Maui now and it's true. Every random beach we pull over for is like a postcard. The snorkeling is incredible.

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Just a random spot we pulled over on the side of the road for this morning
 
God there's some places I've been that don't exist anymore. Sleeping on a shore of a lake created by a beaver that eventually died and the blockade slowly faded away to turn into marshland again. Making the lake seem just like a dream that never existed.
I'm sadly not a world traveler, but I've literally been across half of Canada.
I'd say for me, and it's a place sadly not talked about a lot for Canada, is Ouimet Canyon.
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It's a toss-up between the Kaibab Plateau and Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The former is more breathtaking and surreal in terms of a single sight: it constitutes the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, which exposes the most complete geological record of the earth's history to be found anywhere. The latter is arguably the most extraordinary area of land on earth -- the GYE is not only the wild, old west heart of the United States but the western hemisphere on the whole and is dubbed the Serengeti of North America for good reason. That's almost secondary to the fact that it possesses over 60% of the entire planet's active hydrothermal features. AZ-67 and WYO-296 are unsurprisingly my top two National Scenic Byways. The Giant Sequoia and Coast Redwood forests of California are both also incredible.

koquerelle said:
Banff, Alberta.
Amazing place.
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It's a big-time bucket lister.
 
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Mt Rainer park in Washington. Cleanest water I've ever seen in person.
 
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