Lakes

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

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.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

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

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

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

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

A small museum houses a long, rich history of life and death on Lake Erie — from famous shipwrecks to rum smugglers.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.