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By Becky Mahan, Editor
Reed Flute Lake (Guangxi, China)
This is one of those places you have to see to believe. The natural limestone cave captures and refracts light beams (and reflections off the subterranean lake) to create a truly psychadelic effect that’s wildly popular with visitors.
Lake Vyrnwy (Wales, UK)
This lake is actually a reservoir in Powys, Wales, with the world’s first stone-built dam (from the 1880s.) Oh, and it’s home to a gorgeous castle tower that just might make you feel as though you’ve stepped into a Disney fairy tale.
Lake Peyto (Banff National Park, Canada)
This glacier-fed lake in the Canadian Rockies is formed inside a mountain valley and only accessible via a high-altitude highway — making it secluded and breathtaking.
Lake Ashi (Hakone, Japan)
With incredible views of Mt. Fuji and characteristic beds of reed, this crater lake is popular with tourists, photographers, and lovers.
Lake Ohrid (Macedonia)
One of Europe’s deepest and oldest lakes (and recognized by UNESCO), Lake Ohrid is home to over 200 unique species found nowhere else in the world. Such is the uniqueness of the lake that NASA named one of the lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan after it.
Takhlakh Lake (Washington)
Surrounded by the majestic Grifford Pinchot National Forest, and with stunning views of Mount Adams, Takhlakh Lake is also popular with visitors, but maintains its pristine beauty despite the traffic.
Lake Gordon (Massachusetts)
Perfectly picturesque and reminiscent of all things New England, Lake Gordon is popular with boaters, picnickers, and lovers.
Melissani Lake (Kefalonia)
This Greek lake is actually located inside a cave inside the Ionian Sea, home to a multitude of floral species that cover the floor of the cave. The water sparkles an iridescent blue, particularly when the sun shines through a hole in the cave ceiling at noon.
St Mary’s Lake (Glacier National Park)
Glacier National Park’s second largest lake is gorgeous enough, but is most popular for its tiny Wild Goose Island in the middle of the deep (and notoriously cold) water. Photographers flock here by the dozens before dawn to get stunning sunrise photos.
Lake Hallstatt (Austria)
This lake in Austria’s mountainous Salzkammergut region is home to a quaint salt mining village of the same name, with 16th-century Alpine homes, cafes, and shops, and a funicular that takes visitors up the mountain to the ancient salt mine…and a subterranean salt lake.
Bonus: Lake Pehoe (Patagonia, Chile)
For those willing to go to the ends of the earth, why not try to get to this lake in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park? Surrounded by dramatic mountain peaks and iridescent glacial carvings, it looks like something out of a James Cameron movie.
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