Rivers

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

For over 40 years, this quaint little house has teetered on a rock in the middle of a river.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!