Huangshan China. Where crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon last scene was filmed. The sunrise and sunset there- OMG.

And I've seen Banff, Grand Canyon, driven CA coast. The view from that mtn is like going to heaven.

Sunrise on Siula Grande (the Touching the Void mountain) from the lake at the base.

Sunset over Tana Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska

The fleeting glimpse of Cerro Torre and Mt. Fitzroy in Patagonia

The Torres in Torres del Paine, Patagonia

Everest from the base camp

Insane sunset over the Dolomites (Marmolada) from Rifugio Laguazoi

Stars in the night sky over the Chilean Altiplano

Sunrise on Mt. Cook from the Mueller hut

Geiranger Fjord in Norway

Matterhorn sunset from Schoenbielhutte.

Jaisalmer

Lake Geneva from balcony in Montreux

Similan Islands

San Francisco as seen from the top of Mount Tam, on a summer day with the fog waterfalling down over the hills and across the bridge.

I grew up in Alaska, and every corner turned is breathtaking. Just like out of this world National Geographic stunning.
I didn't appreciate it until I moved to the middle of the country where corn fields are NOT the same.

Bump. Anyone have any updated recommendations?

Anonymous wrote:Lake Moraine in Banff

I want see this!

The 2017 eclipse in the Tetons. I'd like to drive to see it again next year, but a gloomy spring day in Ohio probably won't be the same.

Anonymous wrote:Istanbul
Swimming with dolphins in Panama City Bay
Muir Woods
Paris
Monet's garden at Giverny in June

Monet's garden is breathtaking in August, as well.

Lake Moraine in Banff

Camps Bay in Cape Town.

Venice

Anonymous wrote:Pacific Ocean from Carmel

Yep. I'm the PP who said Esalen, but this is pretty much the same.

Pacific Ocean from Carmel