Disasters

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Only the foundation remains of the rest stop building that was hit by three large tsunami waves, killing 47 visitors.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?