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A newly discovered worm snail.
shipwrecks

Found: An Invading Snail That Slings Slime at its Prey

It took up residence on the USNS Vandenberg, which was sunk as an artificial reef.
Sarah Laskow April 5, 2017
Wreckage of the SS Valencia along the shore of Pachena Bay.
Pachena Beach, British Columbia

Wreck of the SS Valencia

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

Found: Golden Coins Hidden in a Crusader Shipwreck

The ship may have been fleeing the Holy Land after the Crusaders' last stand.
Sarah Laskow March 16, 2017
Not orichalcum.
islands

Found: 47 Lumps of Orichalcum, an Ancient Alloy Attributed to Atlantis

Orichalcum!
Sarah Laskow March 1, 2017
Exploring the ship's ribs.
shipwrecks

Found: A 17th-Century Wreck That Looks Like Sweden’s Most Famous Warship

The Blekinge was launched in 1682 and sunk in 1713.
Sarah Laskow February 6, 2017
Coffins were stacked outside Snow & Co. in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Five Fishermen Restaurant

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?
Dorothy Gibson, a Titanic survivor who - less than one month later - starred in a film about the tragedy.
disasters

The First Movie About the Titanic Starred a Titanic Survivor

It was released only a month after the ship sank.
Stephanie Weber December 7, 2016
Stoney Stanton, England

Stoney Cove at the UK National Dive Centre

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.
Statue of Loreley
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

Statue of Loreley

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Wreckage of M/S Cabo Santa Maria

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
shipwrecks

Yeast Rescued From 220-Year-Old Shipwreck, Put to Work Making Beer

A beautiful gimmick.
Sarah Laskow October 6, 2016
Washington's Titanic Memorial
Washington, D.C.

Titanic Memorial

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
shipwrecks

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton at the Antikythera Wreck

Archaeologists made a new discovery at the site where the world's oldest computer was found.
Sarah Laskow September 20, 2016
Admiring trees in Sequoia National Park, California.
abandoned

20 Hidden Spots Inside America’s National Parks and Forests

Celebrate over a century of national parks by exploring these secret places.
Molly McBride Jacobson May 8, 2025
shipwrecks

Found: A Century-Old Train At The Bottom of Lake Superior

Not every wreck in the water is a ship.
Eric Grundhauser August 25, 2016
The clock when closed. The top opens to reveal an animated scene.
Wellington, New Zealand

Old Bank Arcade Animated Musical Clock

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.
shipwrecks

Shifting Sands in Britain Reveal a 100-Year-Old Shipwreck

The SS Hjordis will not stay buried.
Eric Grundhauser August 11, 2016
One of the markers commemorating the events in October 1981
Karlskrona Ö, Sweden

Whiskey on the Rocks

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.