Disasters

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.