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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Decatur, Georgia
Decatur Waterworks
Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.
Conca dei Marini, Italy
Grotto dello Smeraldo
A limestone grotto where daylight filters in from below and turns the water a beautiful turquoise. Also home to a small underwater nativity scene.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Cathedral Falls
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Elche, Spain
Arab Baths
Hidden underground, a remarkable 10th-century bath complex survives virtually unaltered.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Thermal Spring Cascades
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
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Ring the ‘Fish Doorbell’ To Help Fish Migrate in the Netherlands
Utrecht’s Fish Doorbell has helped thousands of fish swim upstream to reproduce.
Plymouth, England
Tinside Lido
A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.
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All Roads Lead to Texas: Texas’s Watery Wonders
Olympia, Washington
Olympia Artesian Well Commons
Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.
Mbala, Zambia
Propeller from the SS Good News
The propeller from the first steamship launched on Lake Tanganyika.
Calandula, Angola
Quedas de Calandula
This horseshoe-shaped waterfall is the second-largest on the African continent.
Gatineau, Québec
Pink Lake
Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.
Ukiah, California
Vichy Springs
Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.
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This Orlando Water Park Is Wild. No, Really.
At Orlando Wetlands Park, water goes for a ride—through a natural filtration process—and attracts birds, gators, and more.
Lakeview, Oregon
Old Perpetual Geyser
Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Learned Pond
The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.
Mölndal, Sweden
The Waterfall of Kvarnbyn Mölndal
Once the center of power for the region's various factories.
Vancouver, British Columbia
'The Drop'
This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:
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