The Most FASCINATING Little Known Places on Earth!
Find out about the most fascinating little known places on earth! Did you know Crystal Caves existed? Or that there is an Antelope Canyon in the US?! Learn all this and more by watching this video!
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Here are some of the most fascinating little known places on Earth!
7 - Huashan Teahouse, China
Mount Hua is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in the Shaanxi province of China. This five-peaked mountain has a long history of religious significance, being the westernmost of the five great mountains of China, a group of mountains associated with certain deities of traditional Chinese religion. Each of the five peaks holds an ancient Taoist temple, but perhaps the most exciting temple on this mountain is the Huashan teahouse. This old temple, which now serves plenty of tea to hikers, sits atop the southern peak, the highest of them all, standing at 2155 meters or 7070 feet up in the air.
The temple began offering a tea ceremony because of the higher numbers of people attempting the climb in recent years. The path to this cup of tea may not be your... cup of tea, though. You start at a series of steps carved into the mountain, called the heavenly stairs. From the top of the stairs you'll take a gondola to the base of the southern peak, where you'll climb along the sheer cliff face using nothing but a thin path made of wood and metal, driven into the rocks. In some places the wood has fallen away, and you're left with nothing but an iron chain to hold onto. At the end of this path, you get to climb the face of the cliff, heading nearly straight up, using toe holds carved directly into the mountain!
For those of you guys who complete this arduous journey, there's a nice, warm kettle waiting at the top, along with a beautiful view from the highest of the five peaks. However, plenty of hikers don't make it to the top, and the fastest way down, although the easiest, isn’t the most pleasant way down! There are rumours that the fall takes one hundred lives per year, but nobody is willing to confirm the death toll. Minor details!
6 - Salar de Tunupa, Bolivia
Covering over 4000 square miles, the Salar de Tunupai is the world's largest salt flat. Located in Southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andean mountains, this flat was formed because of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It's covered by an extremely flat salt crust, and a pool of brine, containing 50-70% of the world's currently known lithium resources. Much of this lithium is being extracted, meaning this place is actually fairly important to many people in developed countries.
There are other uses for lithium, such as in medicine, or in greases, but let's get back to the salt flat itself. The salt ranges from tens of centimeters to a few meters thick, and, since it's so compact, it's actually possible to drive on the salt! This has provided the potential for many tourism opportunities, and many hotels sprang up nearby because of it. Because of the lack of conventional construction materials, many Hotels are almost entirely built with salt blocks cut from the Salar!
You wouldn't be crazy to wonder why anyone would want to visit a giant expanse of salt. During its dry season, it might just be a huge block of white salt, but when the wet season comes around, you'll basically be walking on a massive mirror. Salt flats are extremely reflective, similar to ice sheets. In fact, this salt flat is often used to calibrate distance measurements on satellites, due to how huge and how reflective it is.