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easydistance

Andrew and Shana are the Co-owners and Co-Editors in Chief of easydistance.com which specializes in adventure stories, ESL teaching, cooking and arguing with each other about syntax. “An easy distance, do you call it? It is nearly ﬁfty miles.” “And what is ﬁfty miles of good road? Little more than half a day’s journey. Yes, I call it a very easy distance.” – Jane Austen

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Borshchivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Priest's Grotto

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

meganmichelle

Added by meganmichelle

Thingvellir, Iceland

Silfra

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Guapán, Ecuador

Ingapirca

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

SkareMedia

Added by SkareMedia

Nagano's Darkroom

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Dampo

The Blue Forest

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Allison

Added by Allison

Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Fox Glacier

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Allison

Added by Allison

Udimalla, India

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy

Pietra Di Bismantova

An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.

lokiracer

Added by lokiracer

Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Added by zackofalltrades

Teboursouk, Tunisia

Dougga

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Xiulin Township, Taiwan

Taroko Gorge

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Yaxchilan

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Indygenous

Added by Indygenous

Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Added by michelleferlito

Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand

Red Lotus Lake

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Added by charles

Tanis

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Fars Province, Iran

The Ruins of Persepolis

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

emdrichardson

Added by emdrichardson

Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Skywalk

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Added by Tawsam

The Temple of Abu Simbel

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

emdrichardson

Added by emdrichardson

Concord, Massachusetts

Walden Pond

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Dustin Stonecipher

Added by Dustin Stonecipher

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb's Museum of Broken Relationships

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

emdrichardson

Added by emdrichardson