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Warm Springs, Virginia
Warm Springs Pools
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Los Angeles, California
Japanese Garden at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.
Provincia de BongarĂ¡, Peru
Gocta Waterfall
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
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Found: A Giant Crack in the Arizona Desert
Fissures appear when groundwater is sucked away.
Tambopata, Peru
Tres Chimbadas Lake
This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.
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Found: A 400-Year-Old Buddha Statue, Hidden Under a Manmade Lake
Work on a hydropower gate revealed the statue's head.
Washington, D.C.
Potomac Park Flood Levee
This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.
Carbondale, Colorado
Penny Hot Springs
A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.
Timmins, Ontario
The World's Oldest Pool of Water
It's 2 billion years old!
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A Freak Storm Created a Bunch of Rare Waterfalls on Australia's Uluru
It doesn't rain much there.
Iceland
Gullfoss (Golden Falls)
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
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Stockholm, Sweden
Storkyrkobadet
A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.
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Watch Sheets of Paper Turn into a Topographical Map of Lake Baikal
Artist Olga Skorokhod carves shapes into paper to create artistic cartography.
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The Final Christmas of 4 Catskills Villages Flooded to Create Reservoirs
You can take a shower in NYC today because the city sank a few hamlets.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Washburn Park Water Tower
Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.
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Found: The World’s Oldest Pool of Water Is 2 Billion Years Old
It's almost 2 miles down in a Canadian mine.
Kearney, Missouri
Watkins Woolen Mill
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Sisters, Oregon
Lost Lake
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
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