Lakes - Atlas Obscura
What's near me?

245 Items Tagged

Lakes

Share Tweet
mythology

The Proud, Demanding Vodyanoy Rules Russia's Rivers and Lakes

The legend has endured political disruption, revolution, and generational shifts.
Kaleb Horton October 28, 2020
Vasche, Italy

Lake of Cutilia

This lake was sacred to the Sabine people who constructed a temple here on a floating island.
dolphins

Pandemic Quiet Means We Can Eavesdrop on Rare Australian Dolphins

Researchers are hoping to use the opportunity to get a better handle on their language.
Ronan O'Connell October 12, 2020
lakes

Behold, the Great Salt Lake's Wonderfully Colorful Salt Pans, From Space

Everything looks cool from the International Space Station.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 9, 2020
lakes

Botswana Says It's Solved the Mystery of a Mass Elephant Die-Off

Conservationists were baffled when hundreds of elephants died in the Okavango Delta this summer.
Phoebe Weston September 21, 2020
lakes

The Ghost Towns of Lake Urmia, Once West Asia's Largest Lake

Ships, farms, and hotels were left high and dry when 90 percent of the water disappeared.
Solmaz Daryani September 11, 2020
Albury, England

Silent Pool

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.
lakes

Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca

The centuries-old offering was nestled inside an underwater stone box.
Isaac Schultz August 12, 2020
lakes

From Mining Hellscape to Holiday Paradise

How Germany's Lusatian Lakes District is remaking an entire region through broad-scale landscape re-engineering.
Megan Gannon July 23, 2020
Cervantes, Australia

Lake Thetis

One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.
Oracle, Arizona

Peppersauce Cave

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.
Myanmar (Burma)

Rih Dil

This heart-shaped lake near the border of India and Myanmar is deeply rooted in Mizo folklore.
Catemaco, Mexico

Estatua del Pescador (The Fisherman's Statue)

This larger-than-life golden statue pays tribute to this town's old and new trades.
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico

Guajataca Lake

An unnatural lake in a naturally beautiful setting.
Manipur, India

Loktak Lake

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.
maps

The Intrepid Mother and Son Who Unraveled a Geographic Hoax

Atlas Obscura had a page for something called Moose Boulder, until fan Roger Dickey called us on it.
Matthew Taub March 10, 2020
lakes

The 'Icing' on These Lakeside Homes Is Actual Ice

Wind and waves sprayed freezing water from Lake Erie onto the houses of Hoover Beach.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 3, 2020
volcanoes

Lake Michigan's 'Ice Volcanoes' Are Extremely Cool, Definitely Not Volcanoes

“It sounds like if you got a big Slurpee, and then dumped it on the ground.”
Jessica Leigh Hester February 25, 2020