#The World is a big place to fully discover. Even the tourists who travel most may cannot these unbelievable places exist.....
#1. Tunnel of Love, Ukraine....
#We love seeing natural architecture here at Inhabitat, and the leafy green Kleven train tunnel is a beautiful example of what happens when nature is allowed to grow freely around manmade infrastructure. The tunnel was made over many years as the passing train molded the trees’ lines. The train turned a luscious piece of woodland into a unique passageway as it traveled back and forth 3 times a day over several years.....
#2. Pink Retba Lake...
#Pink lakes tend to have a striking colour due to the presence of algae that produces carotenoids, such as Dunaliella Salina, a type of halophile green micro-algae especially found in sea salt fields....
#Once the lake water reaches a salinity level greater than that of sea water, the temperature is high enough and adequate light conditions are provided, the alga begins to accumulate the red pigment beta carotene....
#In Senegal, Lake Retba, in the Cap Vert peninsula of the country, has such a high concentration of salt – 40 per cent – that is harvested by local people....
#The lake is dotted with salt collectors working up to seven hours a day, using long shovels to pile boats high with the mineral....
#To protect their skin from the water they rub their skin with Shea butter.....
#3. Door to Hell, Derweze....
#The crater is 230 feet wide and situated near Derweze village in Turkmenistan....
#It was named the Door to Hell by locals, referring to the endless flames and boiling mud that can be found inside.
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#Originally a level surface, the unbelievable destination was identified by Soviet scientists in 1971 as an area that was believed to house a substantial oil field....
#Scientists decided that the most efficient way to solve the problem would be to burn off the poisonous gases — by doing so, it was expected that all of the gas in the crater would be burnt off within days....
#4. Chand Baori....
#The wells are called by many names. In Hindu they are baori, baoli, baudi, bawdi, or bavadi. In Gujarati, spoken in Gujarat, they are commonly called vav....
#The unbelievable destination architecture of the wells varies by type and by location, and when they were built. Two common types are a step pond, with a large open top and graduated sides meeting at a relatively shallow depth. The stepwell type usually incorporates a narrow shaft, protected from direct sunlight by a full or partial roof, ending in a deeper, rounded well-end. Temples and resting areas with beautiful carvings are built into many of the wells. In their prime, many of them were painted in bright colors of lime-based paint, and now traces of ancient colors cling to dark corners.....
#5. Lost city under water Shi Cheng...
#The ancient city Shicheng in China was named Lion City because Five Lion Mountain loomed large behind it. The city has been buried beneath the water for 53 years. The lost underwater city that had been founded about 1,300 years ago is now located about 85 – 131 feet (26-40 meters) beneath the gorgeous Thousand Island Lake (Qiandao Lake)......
#This unbelievable destination was submerged when a dam was constructed and a lake was needed. The lake and thousands of islands were man-made. Shi Cheng ‘defied’ the Chinese norm since 5 gates and 5 towers were built into the city instead of 4. Lion City is about the size of 62 football fields. International archaeologists and a film crew recorded the amazing perservation of the lost ruins.......
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