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Beaches

An abandoned blockhouse.

Capbreton, France

Capbreton Blockhouses

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

Luca Picciau/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

La Maddalena, Italy

Spiaggia Rosa (Pink Beach)

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

Amed Beach.

Abang, Indonesia

Amed Beach

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

A beachside bounty from a clambake.

Clambake

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

Forks, Washington

John's Beachcombing Museum

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Heligoland (foreground) and Düne beyond.

Heligoland, Germany

Heligoland

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, is nowhere near the shore, nor New Jersey.

Why There's a Jersey Shore in the Middle of Pennsylvania

Hundreds of miles from the ocean, this Jersey Shore maintains a far quieter existence.

Eric Grundhauser August 15, 2017

Massive Pipes Have Washed Up on English Beaches

Until they're towed away, they're a hazard to life and limb.

Erik Shilling August 14, 2017

Hatteras, North Carolina

Shipwrecked Doritos

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

The chain.

Elie Chain Walk

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

The 90th anniversary recreation of Malcolm Cambell's first world land speed record in his Sunbeam-powered car.

Pendine Sands

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

Mysterious, Yellow, Sponge-Like Globs Are Fouling French Beaches

Clean-up is underway.

Erik Shilling July 18, 2017

Bar Road uncovered.

Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

Ministers Island

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

There's a Secret Spanish Beach in the Middle of a Field

And sometimes it disappears.

Michael Waters July 3, 2017

100-year-old tracks on Sunset Beach

Cape May, New Jersey

Sometimes Train Tracks of Sunset Beach

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

The barge seen during sunset.

Castroville, California

Sauce Bros Barge

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Padar Island

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.