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An agouti roasts over a modern-day boucan.
Gastro Obscura

Boucan

This grill defined a new breed of pirates.
The largest paper fragment recovered from Blackbeard's wreck is about the size of a quarter.
pirates

Found: Scraps of a Book From the Wreck of Blackbeard's Flagship

Apparently pirates spent some of their free time reading about sea voyages.
Vittoria Traverso January 8, 2018
The abandoned galleon.
Deyme, France

The Abandoned Galleon

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Oyster pirates illegally dredging under the cover of night.
pirates

The Notorious Oyster Pirates of Chesapeake Bay

They were the colorful villains in a conflict that lasted almost a century.
Kerry Wolfe September 28, 2017
St. Gregory's hidden passage.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta

Secret Passage in St. Gregory's

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Permanently Closed
Cortez, Florida

The Sea Hagg

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Florida

Alligator Reef Lighthouse

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.
Permanently Closed
A model of a three-masted ship.
Baltimore, Maryland

Fell's Point Maritime Museum

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.
The house on Fiskergade 82, where Drakenberg lived.
Aarhus, Denmark

Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg's Last Home

The final home of the legendary Danish sailor said to have lived to be 146 years old.
The new outflow of the Kaskawulsh Glacier.
pirates

A 'River Pirate' Can Be a Criminal—Or Another River

What outlaws on the Mississippi have to do with glaciers in the Yukon.
Samir S. Patel April 18, 2017
Treasury Street.
St. Augustine, Florida

Treasury Street

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
The first Pirate Bay server
Linköping, Sweden

The First Pirate Bay Server

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.
Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Bowman's Hill Tower
New Hope, Pennsylvania

Bowman's Hill Tower

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
pirates

Why Do Pirates Wear Earrings?

Yar! Pirates and ear jewelry have a legendary history.
Eric Grundhauser June 1, 2016
Kayaking Lake Bacalar
Bacalar, Mexico

Laguna de Bacalar (Lake of Seven Colors)

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.
libraries

The Rise of Pirate Libraries

Shadowy digital libraries want to hold all the world's knowledge and give it away for free.
Sarah Laskow April 21, 2016
A painting of the city of Canton circa 1800, where Ching Shih lived before she became a pirate.
pirates

The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws

Ching Shih, who lived and pillaged during the Qing Dynasty, has been called the most successful pirate in history.
Urvija Banerji June 15, 2022