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Indian Arts Center
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North Bonneville, Washington
Bonneville Lock & Dam
Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.
Hagerman, Idaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds
An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Passu, Pakistan
Passu Suspension Bridge
Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.
Perth, Australia
Eliza Sculpture
A beloved statue of a diving woman in Perth’s Swan River is frequently dressed up in costumes for special occasions.
Tokyo, Japan
Witch Hat Intake Tower
An adorable intake tower with a “witch hat” stands in the Edo River.
Tuttle, Idaho
Malad Gorge
Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.
Tokyo, Japan
Shin-Ōhashi Bridge
The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.
Cabedelo, Brazil
Cabedelo’s Bus-Boats
Take a ferry across the Paraíba river in one of these 1980s bus-turned-boats.
London, England
Sloane Square Tube Station
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
Rocheport, Missouri
Rocheport River Gnome
This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.
Croswell, Michigan
Croswell Swinging Bridge
This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.
Heidelberg, Germany
Hochwassermarken
Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.
Chigasaki, Japan
Sagami River Bridge Ruins
These medieval wooden bridge pillars appeared out of nowhere in the aftermath of a huge earthquake.
nature
This Ancient, Toothy Sea Beast Sustains Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific lampreys boost biodiversity in rivers and are an essential food source for the Yurok people.
Rainbow, Oregon
Terwilliger Hot Springs
These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
Royal Leamington Spa, England
The Elephant Wash
This river ramp was once used by the elephants of a local circus.
Bruneau, Idaho
Bruneau Canyon
The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.
Anderton, England
Anderton Boat Lift
The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."
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