From the warm sun to the soothing waves, a day at the beach soothes people. A beach day is on many a warm-weather bucket list ...

Found in Hawaii, Iceland, the Canary Islands and other destinations around the world, black sand beaches intrigue travelers with their mystery and beauty. These beaches form over time by the ...

Diamond Beach is one of several black sand beaches in Iceland ... to see auroras (also called the northern lights) in the winter, according to Guide to Iceland.

The black sand at Reynisfjara is not ordinary beach sand - it is cooled lava that ... swimmers would struggle to get back to shore. In winter, waves have been recorded reaching heights of up ...

Iceland's Vik Beach is one of the most breathtaking black sand beaches you'll ever see! Photo: iStock Move over, powdery white shores — there's something irresistibly dramatic about black sand ...

Though Dominica is known as a hiker's paradise, it's also home to a handful of must-see beaches. While the coastline is often rocky, Dominica makes up for this by having unique black sand beaches.