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Forbes: The world’s best summer beaches
  • Cleopatra's Beach, Sedir Island, Turkey
  • Crane's Beach, Ipswich, Mass.
  • El Choncho Island, Columbia
  • Hoshizuna no Hama, Island of Taketomi, Japan
  • Joulters Cay, The Bahamas
  • Ko Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand
  • Mal Pais, Costa Rica
  • Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
  • St. Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Shark Bay, Australia

Ko Tarutao National Marine Park, Thailand

World's largest cities 1 New York Metro USA
2 Tokyo/Yokohama Japan
3 Chicago USA
4 Atlanta USA
5 Philadelphia USA
6 Boston USA
7 Los Angeles USA
8 Dallas/Fort Worth USA
9 Houston USA
10 Detroit USA


Going Deep into Death Valley, California
Hike and bike in the driest, lowest, and hottest place in North America. In October, the blazing summer heat has subsided, but daytime highs still hover between 80 and 90 degrees. You'll set up at the Furnace Creek Inn, a Mission Revival-style hotel between the Funeral Mountains and the desert salt pan that has a spring-fed swimming pool, horse stables, and golf. From there, geology expert Mike Flaherty leads bikers into the surreal valley, past the haystack-like arrow weed of Devil's Cornfield and into the dunes, stopping at freshwater springs. You'll also hike Zabriskie Point, overlooking the Panamint Range and a golden maze of rock formations, and visit Badwater, which at 282 feet below sea level is the lowest elevation in the U.S.