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Underwater Week

The Underwater Room from the air.

The Underwater Room at Manta Resort

Stay in your own little bubble.

Meet Waterbod, the David Attenborough Of Instagram

You'll see L.A.'s animal kingdom in a whole new way.

Dan Nosowitz July 21, 2016

Drowned Village of Vilarinho da Furna

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

The Spiral Jetty

The Spiral Jetty

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

An exposed moment for Billingsgate Island.

Eastham, Massachusetts

Billingsgate Island

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Uribante, Venezuela

The Drowned Church of Potosi

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Weeki Wachee, Florida

Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Cavernous exploration requires specialized equipment and highly skilled divers

Andros I, Bahamas

Subsurface Bahamian Caves

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

The Sunken City of Baia

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The Sometimes Islands

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

I Made a Shipwreck Expert Watch The Little Mermaid and Judge Its Nautical Merits

How realistic was the shipwreck Ariel looted?

Sarah Laskow July 21, 2016

A tiger shark.

How Did a Shark in a Sydney Aquarium End Up With a Human Arm?

It opened its mouth and a murder mystery came out.

Matt Soniak July 21, 2016

The People Who Suffer From Thalassophobia, or Fear of the Sea

We talk to a hypnotist about curing the phobia about what lies beneath the water's edge.

Eric Grundhauser July 21, 2016

Watch This Pair of Dancers Tango Underwater

Dancing is better down where it's wetter.

David Doochin July 21, 2016

Marking the outline of the Arabia; 45 feet deep and about the length of a football field.

How a Champagne-Laden Steamship Ended Up in a Kansas Cornfield

The steamboat Arabia carried 200 tons of treasure when it sank in 1856.

Luke Spencer July 20, 2016

Steel pipelines were released from the 'Conundrum'

military history

How to Keep 500 Miles of Underwater Pipeline Secret

The little-known, highly complex fuel route that helped the Allies defeat the Nazis.

Atlas Obscura July 20, 2016

Qianxi County, China

Submerged Great Wall of China

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.