Beaches

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

During the dry season, this white-sand beach hosts thousands of breeding butterflies.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

Thermal springs underneath the seabed provide the heat and bubbles for these beachside natural hot tubs.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.