• Tagged abandoned, arrested decay, Bodie, Bodie State Historic Park, California, ghost town, historic, photos, pics, pictures, State Park, Wild West

Bodie State Historic Park is a California gold-mining ghost town with over 170 buildings which are protected in a “state of arrested decay.” That means officials won’t fix up the abandoned buildings, but they won’t let Bodie fall to dust either. Bodie was too wicked to ever truly die. More than 1,000 remote acres make up the once violent, lawless and booming gold mine town in the Wild West. Nearly 200,000 yearly visitors come to roam the ghost town of Bodie. We love these pics! [13 Photos]

• Tagged church, cliffs, Greece, Meteora, monasteries, monastery, monks, photos, pics, pictures, places, rock climbing, temple, travel, UNESCO World Heritage

In Meteora, Greece, six magnificent monasteries still exist, precariously perched atop 1,300 feet high sandstone pinnacles. Hermit monks constructed the first monastery before nuns came to build too. Access to each monastery was crazy, a leap of faith, climbing rocks, and ladders lashed together or large nets until the ropes would break. The bizarre but beautiful monasteries of Meteora are centuries old and isted by UNESCO World Heritage. We love these 20 pics of Meteora.

• Tagged Aurora, Aurora Australis, Aurora Borealis, environment, ISS, NASA, nature, Northern lights, photos, pics, pictures, polar auroras, Southern lights, space, stars, winter

We’ve collected 24 stunning auroras; either Auroras Borealis – the northern lights – or Aurora Australis – the southern lights. We love these pics!
[24 Photos]

• Tagged environment, nature, photos, pics, pictures, places, rice, terrace fields, terrace rice paddy fields, terraced rice fields, travel

Like rice? Rice is a staple in many countries. Terraced paddy fields are very common in rice farming where the land is hilly or mountainous.
Terraced rice fields helps to decrease erosion and work well for rice crops which need to be grown in a flooded area. Terraced paddy fields are built into steep hillsides by intense physical labor, sometimes by using a water buffalo to help in the wetlands. While terraced rice fields are a common sight in third-world countries, it is an uncommon sight for many of us. We loved these pics – 17 Tremendous Terraced Rice Fields.

• Tagged Artist's Palette, bizarre, Champagne Pool, environment, geothermal pool, nature, New Zealand, photos, pictures, places, travel, Wai-o-tapu, wonderland

This geothermal pool, called The Champagne Pool in New Zealand is lovely, perhaps romantic? The water bubbles much like a bubbly glass of champagne from which it gets its name. But before you take a dip, you might like to know it’s hot — over 160 °F and the colors, well . . . some of them come from arsenic and sulfide deposits. It was formed by a hydrothermal eruption 900 years ago. It’s in a crater with a diameter of about 213 feet; the geothermal pool is 230 feet deep. These sacred waters are the most colorful geothermal area in the New Zealand. It’s known as the Champagne Pool at the Artist’s Palette at the Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland. We love these pics!

• Tagged Australia, environment, Flinders Chase National Park, Great Ocean Road Australia, National Park, nature, photos, pictures, places, Port Campbell National Park, Tasmania, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, travel, Twelve Apostles

Australia – Wow! It’s gorgeous. It’s also been hit with more than its share of adverse weather recently. We would still love to go visit Down Under. It’s a nature lover’s paradise. We love these pics!

• Tagged Castle Geyser, geyser, nature, photo, photograph, pic, places, rainbow, travel, Yellowstone National Park

The beauty of nature.

• Tagged 360 degree video, beautiful, nature

Welcome to Love These Pics! We love spectacular photographs. This site is all about pictures and videos that hopefully will inspire you to smile and have a GREAT day! 🙂