It's officially Memorial Day Weekend, and we can't wait to head out to the beach. The beautiful beaches of the Hamptons are just a short car ride away, but there's something exciting about visiting a beach a little more exotic than the ones in our backyard. Travel + Leisure rounded up some of the strangest beaches in the world, and just looking at the photos of these totally out-of-this-world locales has us packing our bags. Here are some of our favorite strange, cool, and amazing beaches that this world has to offer. More»

[Steve Kasuba, DJ Kiss Taylor. All photos by CHANCE YEH at PMc] Last night at the Cooper Square Hotel Travel + Leisure threw a party in honor of the "World's Best Awards," the results of the 14th annual readers' poll on the best hotels, cruises, airlines, outfitters, cities, islands and more. (The #1 hotel goes to Bushmans Kloof, a wilderness reserve in the Cedarburg Mountains on the Western Cape of South Africa. The runner up? The Oberoi Vanyavilas in Ranthambhore, India. Go here to check out the full list) More»