Silea, Italy
Cemetery of the Burci
A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.
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Silea, Italy
A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.
Tlell, British Columbia
The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.
Yangjiang, China
Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.
Russia
One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Hastings, England
This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.
Narvik, Norway
The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.
Hunstanton, England
All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.
San Francisco, California
This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Iceland
The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Norresundby, Denmark
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
Ystad, Sweden
According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.
Russia
This burial mound is said to be the final resting place of Russia's first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novogrod.
Uppsala, Sweden
This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Slagelse Municipality, Denmark
A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.
Drogheda, Ireland
The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.