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Boats

The 'Cajun Navy' That's Helping Residents in Flooded Louisiana

They are armed with duck hunting boats.

Erik Shilling August 15, 2016

Found: A Prosthetic Leg Stuck in a Beaver Dam

Its owner was also, well, found.

Sarah Laskow August 8, 2016

A Survey of the Most Ridiculous Anti-Drowning Devices of the 1800s

Victorian life preservers invited both drowning and mockery.

Natalie Zarrelli August 4, 2016

The Jean Nicoli on a more normal day.

Mysterious Underwater Boom Sparks Ferry Evacuation In France

Officials still aren't sure what caused the blast.

Cara Giaimo August 2, 2016

Marking the outline of the Arabia; 45 feet deep and about the length of a football field.

How a Champagne-Laden Steamship Ended Up in a Kansas Cornfield

The steamboat Arabia carried 200 tons of treasure when it sank in 1856.

Luke Spencer July 20, 2016

Captain Sam Buchanan prepares to take a mail parcel on board for a delivery to a passing freighter as traffic backs up on the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit to Windsor, Canada.

America's Only Floating Post Office Delivers More than Mail to Detroit's Ships

For 140 years, the J.W. Westcott Company has been dropping off everything from love letters to pizza to, once, a goat.

Liana Aghajanian July 19, 2016

A Homemade Speedboat Has Held the Deadly Water Speed Record Since 1978

Ultra-fast boating is a dangerous game.

Eric Grundhauser July 19, 2016

Permanently Closed

Row of boat dwellings

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

A small subculture of boat dwellers keep their traditional way of living alive at this Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter.

Grunge Band Shows Up for Christening of Research Boat Called SoundGuardian

The '90s were good.

Eric Grundhauser July 1, 2016

Head Harbour Lightstation, at the northern tip of Campobello Island

Welshpool, New Brunswick

Campobello Island

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The Verda from the side

Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Houseboats of Shoreham

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

An Unmanned Robot Boat Heading for Portugal Is Now a Ghost Boat

The Solar Voyager was trying to cross the Atlantic.

Eric Grundhauser June 27, 2016

Found: Delightful 1950s Radio Scripts Plugging Seattle’s Newest Ferries

"Exciting marine activity" awaits!

Sarah Laskow June 22, 2016

The Canadian Canoe Museum

Peterborough, Ontario

Canadian Canoe Museum

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.

The mountain range, seen from Şırnak.

Şırnak Province, Turkey

Mount Judi

A small mountain at the crossroads of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria that some believe was the landing point of Noah's Ark.

Boaty McBoatface is (Mostly) Dead

Long live Boaty McBoatface.

Erik Shilling May 6, 2016

A U.K. Official Probably Just Killed Any Hopes for 'Boaty McBoatface'

The name "isn't suitable."

Erik Shilling April 18, 2016

This Ship Probably Won't Be Named 'Boaty McBoatface' Like The Public Demands

It all started with an online poll.

Erik Shilling March 21, 2016