Imagine a vast lake that could easily engulf the combined water of all the Great Lakes in the US and then some. That's what ...

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body ...

A significant lithium deposit, estimated at 18 million tons, has been discovered beneath California's Salton Sea, potentially ...

With a surface elevation of 12,507 feet (3,812 metres), it is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. What’s more, it is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of water ...

Even as the U.S. slips in the global happiness rankings, 18 of its cities landed among the latest “Happy City Index.” ...

Located on a lonely mountain plain in Colorado ski country, the silver-rush-era town of Leadville holds secrets as deep as its tunnels and old mine workings.

Lake Macquarie – the vast saltwater lake just north of Sydney – is the largest tidal lake in the Southern Hemisphere. And while it’s worth a visit for bucket list-ticking reasons alone ...

Local ski and snowboard legends frequent the slopes of the surrounding area’s ski resorts but some have even made ...

It's the Mexico of film, song and cartoon: arid and semi-arid scrubland. And around Lake Chapala, it's teeming with things to ...

it holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s highest frozen lake marathon. Among the 100-odd runners was Major Amirtharaj NS, a Chennai-raised Indian Army officer now posted there.