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 ...

Many locals have the same reaction when large swirling patches of black sand cover Ocean Beach as the city often gets calls reporting an oil spill. But in fact, the sand is anything but dirty and ...

‘One of the places that caught my attention the most was Black Sand Beach, where the slope looks like an immense ... home that responds to its vibrant environment. Tianna Williams is Wallpaper*s staff ...

A proposed development that would transform one of Hawaii’s most famous black sand beaches into a new resort area – including condos, tennis courts, and a conference center – is facing ...

A California beach is down a single-lane road in the Marin Headlands that visitors tend to overlook. While black sand beaches are often associated with other places, such as Iceland and Hawaii ...

But part of what it left behind offers a glimmer of hope for the battered land and economy: a new black sand beach. In early December, I visited the island to see what the destructive lava flow ...

When the Kilauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, it devastated a large part of Hawaii’s largest island, which is known as the island of Hawaii. Houses were destroyed. Businesses were left shattered.

Plan Ahead: The waters here are too rough and rocky to enjoy swimming, and the black sand can get very hot. But that's not the main reason to visit Punalu'u. This beach in southern Hawai'i ...

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant ...

One person who had visited the beach and was amazed by what she saw was Instagram user Nikki, @wanderwithred. In a video, she said: "The UK is full of beautiful places, including this black sand ...