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The Francisco Morazan is an off-shore wreck visible from South Manitou Island.
shipwrecks

Michigan Archaeologists Want Your Help Scouting for Shipwrecks

Look, document, but please don't touch.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 21, 2020
Sunrise lights up the grey at Hokitika beach.
art

A New Zealand Festival Turns Detritus Into Offbeat Art

Amateur sculptors are invited to grab some driftwood and make a masterpiece.
Rena Behar April 27, 2020
El Buzo
Bucerías, Mexico

'El Buzo' ('The Diver')

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.
Yellowstone National Park recently closed to all visitors.
nature

Are the Great Outdoors Off-Limits During a Pandemic?

"Obey the f***ing law and do what public health authorities tell you to do."
Erin Beresini March 27, 2020
Hilton Beach, a hub for the LGBTQ community.
animals

Tel Aviv’s Gay Beach, Dog Beach, and Orthodox Beach

A tale of unlikely neighbors.
Gitit Ginat March 9, 2020
Seymour Tower at high tide, surrounded by the English Channel (La Manche).
beaches

The Daily Race to Find Jersey Artifacts Before the Tide Comes In

In a place that comes and goes, slow archaeological work has to be done fast.
Isaac Schultz February 27, 2020
The tiritas.
Puerto Escondido, Mexico

El Bunker de JP

In this beloved beach town, a secret seafood haven lies tucked behind a car wash.
The house sits on a thin sandbar off the Florida coast.
Stuart, Florida

Gilbert’s Bar House of Refuge

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.
Bonhomme de Bourail
Bourail, New Caledonia

Bonhomme de Bourail

A beachside monolith shaped by years of waves crashing against hard quartz.
So you want to tag a great white, do you?
sharks

The Carolinas' Mysterious Great White Shark Cluster Is Not Mysterious, Not a Cluster

They're just doing what sharks do.
Sabrina Imbler February 14, 2020
After the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, five new lifeguard stations were created, striking colorful, geometric figures on the waterfront. Another wave of these buildings appeared in 2015.
architecture

See Miami's Waterfront Through Its Midcentury Modern Lifeguard Stations

Pack your sunscreen, George Jetson.
Isaac Schultz February 3, 2020
An adult Kemp's ridley sea turtle heading to sea.
turtles

The World's Tiniest Sea Turtles Keep Getting Stranded on Cape Cod

Floating devices called "drifters" are helping oceanographers understand why.
Sabrina Imbler December 9, 2019
Cemitério de navios - The Ship Cemetery
Panguila, Angola

Cemitério de Navios (The Ship Cemetery)

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.
The Hermit House.
Herzliya, Israel

The Hermit House

This marvelous work of outsider architecture is built into the cliffs of an Israeli beach.
The first beach, where Sam and Suzy dance together, in Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom".
Jamestown, Rhode Island

'Moonrise Kingdom' Beach

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
The Blitz remains at Crosby Beach extend over more than a mile of coastline.
architecture

Liverpool's Crosby Beach Is a Mile of World War II Blitz Rubble

An undergraduate archaeologist is trying to make sure the prewar city isn't forgotten.
Isaac Schultz November 6, 2019
The detailed masonry of prewar Liverpool is gradually being washed away.
Waterloo, England

Crosby Blitz Beach

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Chef Vola's

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.