On the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island, less than an hour's drive from bustling Auckland, is an iconic and often rough surf beach with beautiful black sand. Visitors claim that the ...

It was formed by lava flows from the Kilauea volcano, which erupted in 1990 and covered the previous white sand beach. The ...

There's other stellar black sand beaches flying well under the radar of most visitors while they deal with the chaos of Waikiki, especially come summer. Roughly an hour from Hilo's airport lies ...

Now, it is visitors' turn to drink rum while taking in the beach's rising cliffs and black sand. There are a handful of additional beaches scattered along Dominica's 92 miles of coastline ...

A California beach is down a single-lane road in the Marin Headlands that visitors tend to overlook. While black sand beaches are often associated with other places, such as Iceland and Hawaii ...

Part of Italy's Aeolian archipelago, Salina stands out with its unique black sand ... Beach provide a stark contrast to the crystalline waters, creating a mesmerising setting for visitors.

Eventually, new beaches formed, like Pohoiki, a black sand beach that stretches for 1,000 feet on Hawaii's Big Island. Scientists based in the area aren't sure if the beach formed quickly after ...

However, this particular beach may take the crown as the European country’s most breathtaking. Thanks to its volcanic activity, black sand beaches ... foreign overnight visitors to Iceland ...

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant ...