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Up to date map of the Northwest Angle

Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Northwest Angle

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

Ugly Truck and Dog Contest. Long John Jamboree, March 24, 2012.

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Long John Jamboree

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

FOUND: A 4.5 Billion Year Old Meteorite, Almost Swallowed By the Earth

Sarah Laskow January 7, 2016

Big Stone Lake

Corona, South Dakota

Big Stone Lake

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

Entrance to the "ice bridge" over Storjön

Östersund V, Sweden

Storsjon's Highway Ice Bridge

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

Velka Amerika

Vysoký Újezd, Czechia

Velka Amerika

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

A walkable Africa

Verdenskortet

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Hardwick, New Jersey

Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco

This Boy Scout retreat acted as "Friday the 13th"'s original Camp Crystal Lake.

Koyashskoye Salt Lake

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

Hutt Lagoon

Yallabatharra, Australia

Hutt Lagoon

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

The Tremosine end of SP83

Tremosine, Italy

Strada della Forra

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Fabbriche di Careggine emerging from the lake

Vagli Sopra, Italy

Lago di Vagli

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

Boating on the lake

Aureilhan, France

Lake Aureilhan

Winston Churchill painted this lake during his stay Woolsack Castle in the Landes forest.

Kerid Crater Lake

Kerið Crater Lake

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Carezza Lake at the foot of the Dolomites

Carezza Rainbow Lake

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

100 Wonders: The Mystery of Skeleton Lake

Dylan Thuras July 7, 2015

Smile! It's the Fish With Human Teeth

Sarah Laskow June 24, 2015

Mystery Lakes of the Badain Jaran Desert

Mystery Lakes of the Badain Jaran Desert

No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.