12 Unusual Beaches You Won't Believe Exist

By Lauren Kilberg

April 12,2015; 10:28AM,EDT

 

 

 

From beaches made of glass to sand featuring every color of the rainbow, these coasts are way too beautiful to miss.
Glass Beach - MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg, California

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The phrase "One man's trash is another man's treasure" has never been truer than at the glass beaches of MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California. The beaches were used as garbage dumps for nearly 60 years before conservation efforts began in 1967. Today, three of the beaches are filled with polished pieces of colorful glass. The beaches are open to tourists, but collecting the glass is prohibited.
Pink Sands Beach - Harbour Island, Bahamas

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Miles of pink sand beaches stretch along the coast of Harbour Island in the Bahamas. The beaches get their color from red and pink shelled marine creatures called foraminifera that live in the coral reef off the island's coast.
Koekohe Beach - South Island, New Zealand

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Maori legend has it that the Moeraki Boulders scattered along Koekohe Beach are the remains of eel baskets, gourds, and sweet potatoes from a large canoe wreck. The spherical rocks are the result of a natural process known as concretion, where grains of sand and stone combine to form these masses. Reaching a diameter of up to six feet, these boulders dot the eroded Otago coastline along the South Island of New Zealand.