Ships

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

A massive, secret marina for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

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

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.