High Falls of the Pigeon River

High Falls of the Pigeon River was one of the lesser known trans-national waterfalls in the world, which was amazing since we’re talking about a waterfall shared between the USA and Canada! Yet…

Big Manitou Falls

Big Manitou Falls was said to be the highest waterfall in the state of Wisconsin at 165ft. As you can see from the photos on this page, we had to contend with unseasonably foggy weather during our…

Little Manitou Falls

Little Manitou Falls was a pleasantly wide waterfall where we managed to have the opportunity to experience it in a closer and more intimate manner given how easily accessible it was. It certainly…

Kakabeka Falls

Kakabeka Falls was the main reason why we bothered to make the long out-and-back detour from Duluth to Thunder Bay along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Thinking that it was too far out of the…

Willow Falls

Willow Falls was an impressively wide (said to be 100ft across) and multi-tiered waterfall within Willow River State Park. It was a characteristic that wasn’t very common in the waterfalls that we…

Minnehaha Falls

Minnehaha Falls was perhaps the most well-known waterfall in the state of Minnesota. I’d imagine the biggest reason for this was that it was pretty much an urban waterfall within the city of…

Salt de Tenes (Sant Miquel del Fai)

Salt de Tenes was essentially our lone waterfalling experience near the city of Barcelona though it also had that rare combination of a waterfall juxtaposed with history. However, belying its…

Cascada de Ratera

Cascada de Ratera was kind of our waterfalling excuse to make the visit out to the lakes of the Espot side of Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici. This waterfall was sourced…

Cascada de Gerber

Cascada de Gerber was an unexpected waterfalling surprise as we made the long drive across the Pyrenees from Torla to Espot. We didn’t even know this waterfall existed when we were planning…

Cola de Caballo, Grados de Soaso, Cascadas del Estrecho, Cascada de la Cueva, y Cascada de Arripas

The Cola de Caballo (horse’s tail) was the destination of perhaps the quintessential Spanish Pyrenees experience. Indeed, the all-day excursion seemed to have it all – a picturesque valley,…

Cascada de Cotatuero

Cascada de Cotatuero was said to be the tallest waterfall in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park at 200m. Not only was this waterfall tall, but it was also situated in a cirque, which was…

Cascadas del Rio Gandara

The Cascadas del Rio Gandara (or more accurately Cascadas del Río Gándara with the accents) was supposed to be a long cascade viewable from a pair of overhanging observation decks that could induce…

Nacimiento del Rio Ason

The Nacimiento del Rio Ason (or more accurately el Nacimiento del Río Asón with the accents) was a dramatic waterfall attraction where an impressively tall waterfall framed the Asón Valley. It was…

Cascada de Gujuli (Cascada de Goiuri)

Cascada de Gujuli was one of several waterfalls that we encountered between Burgos and Bilbao. And like many of the ones that we saw during our mid-June 2015 visit to the area, this 100m tall…

Salto del Nervion

Of all the waterfalls that we encountered between Burgos and Bilbao, Salto del Nervion (or more accurately Salto del Nervión with the accent) by far was the best performer. Not only were we…

Cascada de Orbaneja del Castillo (Cascada de las Merindades)

The Cascada de Orbaneja del Castillo (I’ve also seen it called Cascada de Merindades) was an example of how a waterfalling motive to visit a particular area could yield hidden surprises. In this…

Cascada La Mea

Cascada La Mea (or Cascada de la Mea) was an unexpected waterfalling excursion for us. The only reason why we visited the nearby town of Puentedey was to check out the impressive natural bridge…

Cascada de Pedrosa de Tobalina

The Cascada de Pedrosa de Tobalina was where the Río Jerea plunged some 10-15m over a wide slab of bedrock within the namesake town of Pedrosa de Tobalina. Unlike most of the waterfalls that we had…

Cascada de Penaladros

The Cascada de Penaladros (or more accurately, Cascada de Peñaladros) was where the rushing Río San Miguel dropped some 15m into a lush ravine. In fact, what really got our attention about this…

Cascada de Nocedo (Cascada de Valdecesar or Cola de Caballo)

The Cascada de Nocedo at first glance seemed like a pretty ordinary waterfall. However, when we paid more attention to its somewhat tight surroundings within a small chasm, we realized that there…