Rivers

This rock in the middle of a river in Jayuya contains dozens of Pre-Columbian Taíno petroglyphs.

A natural swimming pool in the middle of the Carite Forest.

Drift through underground caves on a tube.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

This structure, built more than 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods, is known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?