Rivers

The great Danube river starts here.

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.