Top 10 Most Beautiful National Parks

Lake Louise's turquoise waters backed by the Canadian Rockies have graced so many postcards that seeing it in person feels like stepping into a screensaver.

Milford Sound's sheer cliffs, Doubtful Sound's eerie silence, and the Milford Track's reputation as the finest walk in the world make Fiordland a natural cathedral.

The world's first national park still delivers geysers, hot springs, grizzlies, and wolves across 2.2 million acres of volcanic wilderness that sits on a supervolcano.

Sixteen terraced lakes connected by waterfalls cascading through dense forest create a fairy-tale landscape that UNESCO recognized before most travelers even knew Croatia existed.

Sandstone pillars wrapped in mist that inspired Pandora in Avatar, connected by the world's highest and longest glass bridge for those with iron nerves.

The Big Five roam across an area the size of Israel, and a self-drive safari here costs less per day than a zoo ticket in most Western cities.

The Alps' only national park has been left completely untouched since 1914, creating a rewilded landscape where ibex, marmots, and golden eagles rule without human interference.

Multi-colored lakes of impossible blues and greens set among snow-capped peaks and ancient Tibetan villages make this Sichuan valley look photoshopped in every image.

Where Darwin's theory of evolution came to life, giant tortoises lumber past marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies in the most important natural laboratory on Earth.