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Rivers

A Khmer temple at Koh Ker.

How Bad Karma and Bad Engineering Doomed an Ancient Cambodian Capital

Never doubt the power of the monsoon.

Megan Gannon July 27, 2018

Grain Tower.

Medway, England

Grain Tower Battery

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

Chicago’s Last Waterfall Is About to Disappear

It's four feet high and bad for fish.

Cara Giaimo July 18, 2018

The horses.

Salt River Wild Horses

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Al-Andalus Garden.

Al-Andalus Garden

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

Swan Park.

Monticello, Minnesota

Swan Park

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

Entrance to Lonely Dell.

Marble Canyon, Arizona

Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Caldo de Piedra

On the riverbanks of Oaxaca, cooks make “stone soup” with hot rocks and fresh fish.

The <em>Ribbon Map of the Father of Waters</em>—pictured rolled up (left) and fully extended (right)—was meant to be wrapped around a spool and brought on steamboat trips.

This 11-Foot 'Ribbon Map' Puts the Whole Mississippi River in Your Pocket

Steamboat tourists of the late 1860s wrapped it around a spool.

Cara Giaimo May 7, 2018

The mouth of the Roe River, flowing into the Missouri.

Great Falls, Montana

Roe River

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

The causeway part of the bridge over the floodplain and marshes

Swarkestone Bridge

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

Dispatch, one of the Purton hulks.

Berkeley, England

Purton Hulks

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

Leawood Pumphouse

Whatstandwell, England

Leawood Pump House

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

Lonely tree reflected in turquoise blue water.

Blue Moon Valley

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

Cowabunga!

The Wichita Frog Wave of 1906

You wouldn't want to miss it!

Cara Giaimo March 30, 2018

Fjaðrárgljúfur

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

So far north, the sun never really sets.

Revisiting an Explorer's Northwest Passage 'Disappointment' After Nearly 230 Years

The 18th-century fur trader Alexander Mackenzie thought he was a failure, but he was wrong. He was just too early.

Brian Castner March 13, 2018

The waterfall from below.

Florián, Colombia

Windows of Tisquizoque

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.