Boats

One of the first canal boat-lift inclines ever created.

In 1990, this 37-foot red steel bottle sailed from New York to England.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

Home to the finest collection of peasant boats in Finland.

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

A monument to a Russian cruiser near its final resting place off the Ayrshire Coast.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.