Shhhh! 7 Incredible Secret Places Travelers Don't Know About

This monastery is a 17th century one and is on the side of a cliff 3,000 feet above the Paro valley. This holy site is meant to safeguard the cave in which Guru Padmasambhava, a Buddhist guru, meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours.

This medieval city maintains its aura of the olden times. And thus parts of the city are used as King's Landing in the famous soap opera "Game of Thrones". The strong points of this city are its architecture and its landscape, i.e. surrounded by blue waters of the Mediterranean on one side and walls on the other.

Haiku Stairs in Hawaii are known as the Stairway to Heaven, this lesser recognized hiking trail is on the island of O'ahu. Steep and exciting, this trail goes upto a height of 2,800 feet above the sea. The views from that point are amazing.

Pingvallavatn Lake, which is in the Pingvellir National Park in Iceland, Silfra is a rift that is part of the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates. Lucky divers can swim in between the tectonic plates of these two continents, which is getting 2 centimeters wider every year.

A really unique yet one of the weirdest and craziest castles in the world, the Bishop Castle, San Isabel National Forest, Rye, Colorado was made by the one-man castle builder Jim Bishop. People come here either to get married or to be awed and inspired.

In the middle of the Peruvian desert, a small village with a population of slightly more than a 100 people, is built around an oasis. At affordable rates, you can rent sand-boarding equipment and go for the locals' favorite pastime.

A major city of the Roman Empire, Leptis Magna, Tripoli, Libya is now in ruins but retains the charm and excitement. This calm and peaceful place is away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the ideal place to visit if you want to experience ancient Rome in its quiet grandeur.