Its claim to fame is its name - one of the world's longest.
So you might expect those writing signs to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg to try extra hard to copy it down correctly.
But it has emerged that directions to the beauty spot have been spelled wrong for years.
Officials in Webster, Massachusetts, found the error by consulting historical books and have promised to correct it.
Many residents in the small town do not even try to pronounce its name, simply referring to it as Lake Webster.
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