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Maritime History

Hatteras, North Carolina

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

Hull, Massachusetts

Hull Lifesaving Museum

The original base for shipwreck rescues in Boston Harbor in the original Point Allerton Lifesaving Station opened in 1889.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Houseboat Museum Amsterdam

Discover what life is like on Amsterdam’s famous canals.

The SS <em>Edmund Fitzgerald</em> was the largest freighter on the Great Lakes when it was built.

Why Is TikTok Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck?

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's immortal song and a fresh crop of memes.

Allegra Rosenberg November 7, 2025

Cayucos, California

Estero Bluffs Shipwreck

A commercial fishing boat stranded on the California coast.

Key West, Florida

Turtle Cannery Museum

Former sea turtle kraals, slaughterhouse, and cannery turned museum.

Eastham, Massachusetts

Nauset Lighthouse

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

Redcar and Cleveland, England

The Old Mortuary

A seaside morgue for the victims of the North Sea.

Why Won't These Icebergs Leave Canada Alone?

In this episode of Untold Earth, find out about the ocean current bringing huge amounts of ice to Newfoundland.

Atlas Obscura September 19, 2025

San Diego, California

Star of India at The Maritime Museum of San Diego

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

The SS <em>United States</em> moored in Philadelphia in 2008. The grand ocean liner's fate has been the subject of years of debate.

The SS United States Heads Into Unknown Waters

After decades in a Philadelphia shipyard, the last great American ocean liner may be destined for the seafloor.

Matthew Christopher April 10, 2025

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Ballast Hills Burial Ground

This former burial ground, built atop discarded ballast from cargo ships, is now a public park.

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from World War I and World War II.

military history

Bombs Litter the Baltic Sea—Now Robots Are on Cleanup Duty

In the wake of war, the Baltic was used as a munitions dumping ground. Now, an ambitious cleanup is underway.

Paul Hockenos September 23, 2024

New York, New York

Wavertree

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

Galveston, Texas

The Elissa

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

Port Glasgow, Scotland

Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.

Candidates for the most dangerous seas in the world include the North Atlantic, the Southern Ocean, especially the Drake Passage, and the waters near the Cape of Good Hope.

Where Are the World's Most Dangerous Seas?

From the Drake Passage to the Bermuda Triangle, these waters have a reputation for death and destruction.

Laura Kiniry July 16, 2024

Antonio Pigafetta Memorial and Birthplace

A memorial to the Vicentine who survived and documented Magellan's circumnavigation of the world.