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What Is Walden Pond?
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anthropocene

What Is Walden Pond?

Its cultural meaning may be calcified—but off the page, it's changing fast.
August 10, 2018
Oakland, California

Cleveland Cascade

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.
37.8064, -122.2496
Added by Adam Mann
The restored steamboat Minnehaha.
Excelsior, Minnesota

The Steamboat Minnehaha

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
44.9036, -93.5659
Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Found: Liquid Water on Mars
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Found: Liquid Water on Mars

It's probably about five times as briny as the Dead Sea.
July 25, 2018
Grosse Point Lighthouse
Evanston, Illinois

Grosse Point Lighthouse

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
42.0639, -87.6763
Added by Tony Dunnell
Hatgal, Mongolia

Abandoned Petroleum Distribution Center

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.
50.4513, 100.1763
Added by Max Cortesi
Drakolimni.
Ioannina, Greece

Drakolimni

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.
39.9941, 20.7868
Added by Aika
The Gaberoun Oasis.
Libya

Gaberoun Oasis

A deserted Bedouin village lines the shores of this stunning desert oasis.
26.8043, 13.5366
Added by Kerry Wolfe
Pink rocks cover the beach.
Two Harbors, Minnesota

Iona's Beach

The pink rocks tinkle like millions of tiny bells at this "singing" beach.
47.1685, -91.4218
Added by codewordsierra
Entrance to the Cave of Dogs, 2013
Naples, Italy

Cave of Dogs

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.
40.8268, 14.1715
Added by Tony Dunnell
Okishima cat.
Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan

Okishima Island

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.
35.2008, 136.0550
Added by siewch
Send Us Your Ideas for Dealing With Minnesota's Rogue Bog
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lakes

Send Us Your Ideas for Dealing With Minnesota's Rogue Bog

A floating menace in a lake needs your attention.
April 17, 2018
The Cartographers Who Put Water Where It Didn't Belong
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map monday

The Cartographers Who Put Water Where It Didn't Belong

From a distance, European mapmakers documenting North America often perpetuated strategic myths of oceans, lakes, and rivers.
March 26, 2018
Z2 Georg Thiele.
Narvik, Norway

Z2 Georg Thiele Shipwreck

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.
68.4083, 17.8119
Added by sverige17
How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Giant Floating Bog?
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islands week

How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Giant Floating Bog?

The residents of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, have had enough of their floating island.
March 06, 2018
Keweenaw Rocket Range.
Copper Harbor, Michigan

Keweenaw Rocket Range

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.
47.4302, -87.7148
Added by Royal Oaker
Brahma Temple in Pushkar.
Pushkar, India

Pushkar Brahma Temple

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.
26.4874, 74.5488
Added by mariellen
Casina Vanvitelliana and pier.
Bacoli, Italy

Casina Vanvitelliana

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.
40.8198, 14.0584
Added by StepYoshi