Much of the movie was filmed at Virginia’s Mountain Lake Lodge, including theromantic scenefeaturing the lift.

In real life, Mountain Lake has quite the history.

It has been extensively studied by scientists because of a strange phenomenon which causes it to sometimes disappear completely.

The lake from Dirty Dancing

In 2006, the lake began draining again, and was completely dry for three days in 2008.

For the next four years, it remained almost completely empty.

For more than a decade, the lake has remained mostly dry.

The lake from Dirty Dancing

“It’s very exciting.

It’s the prettiest when it’s filled with water.”