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Swimming Pools

Barkin' Springs

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Kitsilano Pool

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

Pou Clar in winter.

Ontinyent, Spain

Pou Clar

Locals use these rock pools and waterfalls for swimming and cliff diving.

Thames Lido.

Reading, England

Thames Lido

Soak up some local history in this restored Edwardian era swimming pool.

Permanently Closed

Hubertusbad.

Berlin, Germany

Hubertusbad

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

An Australian Olympic team swimsuit from the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games.

The World's Largest Speedo Collection Almost Oozed Away

In 2012, Australia's Powerhouse Museum discovered that something strange was happening with some of their swimsuits.

Abigail Cain July 26, 2018

The pools at Leça da Palmeira.

Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

Tidal Pools of Leça da Palmeira

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Josephine Bartlett takes a dive, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 1914.

The Surprising History of Swimming's Suffragists

To bring attention to their cause, these pioneering women had to get physical.

Sarah Laskow May 11, 2018

Lahti Ski Jump Tower

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

Permanently Closed

The Blue Lake.

The Blue Lake

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The bust of Fred Hampton.

Maywood, Illinois

Fred Hampton Pool

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Bimmah Sinkhole.

Bimmah Sinkhole

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

The marble quarry is now a swimming hole.

Cockeysville, Maryland

Beaver Dam

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

The crystal clear lagoon was once an underwater volcano.

Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal

Islet of Vila Franca do Campo

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Watch a Groovy Synchronized Swimming Routine From the 1960s

Complete with pineapple-esque swim caps.

Atlas Obscura August 12, 2016

How Racism Kept The World's Fastest Swim Stroke Out Of The Pool

We've known since 1844 that freestyle is a superior stroke.

Sarah Laskow August 11, 2016

A Survey of the Most Ridiculous Anti-Drowning Devices of the 1800s

Victorian life preservers invited both drowning and mockery.

Natalie Zarrelli August 4, 2016

The Incredible Swimming Pools of Vintage Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas quite often stays in the UNLV Archives.

Anika Burgess August 3, 2016