UMLUJ — The northern Harrat beach, located in the Umluj Governorate in the Tabuk region, is considered one of the most beautiful natural beaches on the Red Sea coast. It combines soft white sand ...

Just one hour from Lisbon, a cove of white sand rises up from the foot of a pine-covered mountain. Wild, bright, almost ...

There's no place like it on the planet: White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. It's the world's largest gypsum dunefield: miles and miles of stunning white landscape.

White Sands National Monument in New Mexico is known for its snow-white dunes. Michele Falzone/JAI/Corbis . Windswept and rippled, sand dunes are some of the most magical places on the planet.

For beach lovers, there is nothing like that soft, grainy white sand. And chances are if you follow the white sand road, you'll find a tantalizing body of water splashing up against its shores.

The beach is known for its powdery, white sand that comes from quartz from the Appalachian Mountains. Other locations on the list include Lake Superior in fourth place and Lake Ontario in fifth place.

1. Alabama. Alabama boasts white sand beaches all down the coast, and has beauteous nature reserves with rivers and streams, marshes, forests, coasts and mountains.. Hundreds of species in Alabama ...