Thanks to social media, the world is more at our fingertips than ever before. The magic of technology lets us roam around Mars, plunge into the depths of the ocean, and whisk off to the ends of the earth as we view photos like the ones in this collection, remote landscapes that could be straight from a fairytale. Many of us will never get the chance to see these places in real life, but thanks to these images, we can get glimpses of the most beautiful places of our world.
Ghostly fairy tale images, buildings straight from science fiction stories, and landscapes almost too beautiful to be real will beckon you as we experience places only a few people in the world have ever set eyes on.
Broken glass lake — Lake Michigan
Photo: Joel Bissell | MLive.com
One of the five Great Lakes (remember HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior), Lake Michigan often gets blasted by winter storms. The frigid weather of this past winter left the lake completely frozen over, which is not out of the ordinary for this northern climate. However, this year something incredible happened when the frozen lake began to melt—the movement of the waves below the surface caused it to crack and shatter into thousands of pieces, creating the appearance of broken glass spreading out into the horizon. This dreamlike image could be straight from a certain frozen tale we’re all familiar with, but alas, it’s just Michigan.
