Lakes

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Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.