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This Magical Place Looks Like It Was Made for Legends...

To start the music click on "play" Regaleira Tower during Day The property consists of a romantic palace, an incredibly beautiful chapel, and a luxurious park that features lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions.

This Dark Underground Chamber Contains Millions of Shells

Buried deep underground in the English town of Margate, Kent, is a grotto shrouded in complete mystery. Adorned with 4.6 million shells and 70 feet of winding underground passages leading to a rectangular chamber, this shell grotto is undoubtedly a remarkable site to behold.

These Are 7 of the Most Beautiful Gardens in the World

The Grotto, Oregon, USA Source: InSapphoWeTrust Though ostensibly a garden, The Grotto in Portland is actually an open-air Catholic church with the proper name of the National Sanctuary of our Sorrowful Mother.

16 Hidden Gems That Should Be on Everyone's Bucket List

Grotto, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada If you are ever near Ontario this surely has to be your first port of call. This grotto is so bright blue beautiful it hardly seems real. But it is. 11.

10 Perfect Destinations for a Romantic Getaway

Book a stay at a luxurious castle, kiss in a fern grotto, dine to picturesque sunsets, and feel passionate in a waterfall setting.

These Magnificent Ancient Ruins Make Us Gasp in Awe

Longmen Grottoes, China Location : Luoyang Image Source: Kevin Poh/ Flickr The Longmen Grottoes, one of the most recognized historical landmarks in China, are situated merely 12 km (7.5 miles) south of the city of Luoyang, one of the oldest cities in the world .

The Most Beautiful of Estates...

It is worth $37,750,000 and boasts many amenities including a billiard room, a theater room, a grotto, seven full baths, two half baths, seven bedrooms, a spa/hot tub, an exercise room, a steam room, a library, and an outdoor kitchen. What a pad!

25 of China's Hidden Treasures That All Visitors Must See

related_articles] Red Beach, Panjin Cormorant Fisherman on Li River Tianzi Mountains Thousand Islands Lake Detian Falls Fenghuang County Ferrymen At Work Dushanzi Grand Canyon, Xinjiang Province Leshan Giant Buddha Larung Gar Abandoned Village, Goqui Island, Shengsi, Zhoushan Blue Moon Valley Maijishan Grottoes

Come See a Restaurant Like No Other.

You will find a feeling of tranquility like no other in this natural limestone grotto beneath the Grotta Palazzese hotel. The restaurant is in a cave, at sea level, built into the rock and engraved from the cave’s front limestone in an amazingly accurate and artistic fashion.

The Stunning Scenes We See When Our Head Is Underwater...

Islands, Canada Image: telegraph.co.uk Image: denswca.wordpress.com Andaman Islands, India Image: scoopwhoop.com Bora Bora Image: reddit.com The Everglades in Florida Image: uwphotographyguide.com Green Lake in Austria Image: pixgood.com Pig Beach in the Bahamas Image: unusualtravel.wordpress.com Blue Grotto

You Won’t Believe This Most Magical Winter Place: Lapland!

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15 Pics That Show Just How Scary the Ocean Can Be...

The Blue Grotto, also known as the Blue Cave, is a waterlogged sea cave in a small bay called Balun in Croatia 7. Japan experienced a chilling incident in March 2011, where a massive tsunami, resembling a wall of jet-black water, overwhelmed the seawall 8. 

28 Places of Humbling Beauty You Can Find In Asia

Vinh Ha Long Grotto, Vietnam 20. West Irian, Indonesia 21. Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 22. Buddha Park, Vientiane, Laos 23. Chia Da Range, Tibet 24. Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan 25. Chomolonzo Peak, Kangshung Glacier, Tibet 26. Chand Baori, Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India 27.

Stunning! This Incredible Artist Pays Attention to Detail

Her intricate work is featured in galleries all over the world, including the Grotto Fine Art in Hong Kong, the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco and the Fost Gallery in Singapore, amongst others.

These Are Simply the Most Stunning Bays in the Whole World

Phang Nga Bay Beautiful caves, aquatic grottoes and limestone islands abound in Phang Nga Bay, which is located a mere 60 miles away from the island of Phuket. Some of the islands tower nearly 1,000 feet over the bay, and Ko Ping Kan is the most famous of all.

These Gardens Will Inspire You to Pay them a Visit

It was created by Cardinal Ippolito d'Este and it is filled with grottoes, sculptures, and statuary. Its most well-known features are its ponds, canals and glorious fountains. To complement its beauty and calm, at certain periods of the day, organ music is played. Source Source 3.

Dine at These Restaurants for the Best Views in the World

The Grotto in Krabi, Thailand 14. Soho House in West Hollywood, California 15. Le Jules Verne in Paris, France 16. Tosca in Kowloon, Hong Kong 17. El Farallo´n in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 18. Piz Gloria in Mürren, Switzerland 19. Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant in Diani Beach, Kenya 20.

A Slice of History – 20 Powerful Images of Yesteryear

Geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and Meteorologist Charles Wright in the entrance of an ice grotto during the Terra Nova Expedition, Ross Island – 1911 Image source: Reddit 8. Shepherds listening to music records, Azerbaijan - 1939 Image source: Reddit 9. 

12 Amazing Croatian Islands That Beg to Be Visited

There are some interesting things to see on the island like the cave where Josip Broz Tito hid during the anti-Nazi revolt, the archeological museum and the spectacular play “The Blue Grotto,” which is on a nearby island.

Corsica is a Jewel in the Crown of the Mediterranean

Take a boat from the port of Calvi and head north to see the red cliffs, coves, beaches, grottoes and islets of the stunning reserve. If you're lucky, you might even be joined by dolphins and sea eagles! 3. 

12 of the Most Inexplicably Weird Things Ever Discovered

Longyou Grottoes This series of man-made caves, which are thought to date back to the 3 rd century BC, are a bit of a mystery. There is no mention of them in Qin Dynasty historic records, and it’s not understood why they were built and what they were used for. 3.

These Men Were the Stars of the Heroic Age

Frank Hurley washing cinematograph film on the "Aurora", circa 1912 Start of the first Depot Journey; "The Grottoes", circa 1912 Wild and Watson in sleeping bag tent on sledge journey, circa 1912 Mawson rests at the side of sledge, outward bound on first sledge journey in Adelie Land, circa 1912 Some