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Lakes

Oil rigs abandoned in Cromarty Firth.

A Guide to the 58 Crazy Different Terms for 'Water'

Lochs, ghylls, bights, freshets and other watery wonders, defined.

Meg Neal September 24, 2016

Lonely tree amongst mountains in Wanaka.

Wanaka, New Zealand

That Wanaka Tree

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Looking at the town of Lake Los Angeles from atop the butte

Lake Los Angeles, California

Lake Los Angeles

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Liebesinsel at low tide.

Edertal, Germany

Love Island and Castle Bring

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

9 Incredible Meteorite Craters That Look Straight Out of 'Deep Impact'

Our planet is pockmarked with the scars of these extraterrestrial visitors. Morgan Freeman would be terrified.

Meg Neal August 27, 2016

Öskjuvatn and Viti Lakes

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Watch Breathtaking Drone Footage From the Lofoten Islands in Norway

Hurry, this beautiful landscape is under threat. Blame Hollywood.

Atlas Obscura August 22, 2016

As Siberia Heats Up, This Lake Turns Pink

Lake Burlinskoye has spent much of the summer looking like a huge pitcher of lemonade.

Cara Giaimo August 19, 2016

Watch One Man Play the Drums on Lake Baikal

The ice on the world's oldest and deepest lake makes sweet music.

Atlas Obscura August 18, 2016

Mendenhall Glacier and Lake, and Nugget Falls, Tongass National Forest

Mendenhall Glacier

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Graves surfaced from Old Bluffton.

Old Bluffton Underwater Ghost Town

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

High-def satellite image of third order island

Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Atlas Obscura's Great Nevada Road Trip

Five days. Fifty hidden wonders. A thousand miles.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

The extraordinary Eshima Ohashi bridge

Sakaiminato, Japan

Rollercoaster Bridge (Eshima Ohashi)

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

Manitoba's Dorothy Lake, one of the 10% of the province's lakes that do have an official name.

The Perplexing Problem of Manitoba's Nameless Lakes

There are some 90,000 anonymous lakes.

Cara Giaimo July 22, 2016

Lake Labynkyr, purported home of ferocious lake monster

Sakha Republic, Russia

Lake Labynkyr

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

Jellyfish Lake

Jellyfish Lake

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Green Lake

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.