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St. Johns County Beach Services and St. Augustine Lighthouse teamed up to preserve two fragments of a 19th-century shipwreck found on Matanzas Beach.
History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But ...
His ideas grew into one of history’s most influential philosophies. Centuries later, they still guide how we live.
Wisconsin made headlines recently with the discovery of a 138-year-old shipwreck in Lake Michigan. Fittingly, the wreck came ...
Legends say the Great Lakes has a mysterious "Lake Michigan Triangle." Here's a look at the facts behind the mystery.
A Florida man says he and his grandson found wooden remains of a possible 19th-century shipwreck in the Gulf Coast village of ...
A Florida man discovered what may be a 150-year-old shipwreck while fishing with his grandson in Aripeka, north of Tampa Bay.
Standing at the base of a soaring lighthouse has a way of putting life’s little problems into perspective. The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum rises from Anastasia Island like something ...
Learn the unsettling story of Florida’s most famous urban legend—the Devil’s Chair in Cassadaga. A simple brick seat with a ...
There’s a tongue-in-cheek saying we have in South Florida that you’ll see hung on signs all over the place: “I live where you ...
The Florida Keys Scenic Highway (known to locals as the Overseas Highway or simply US-1) isn’t your average Sunday drive—it’s a string of island pearls connected by 42 bridges, each offering views ...
Archaeologists found 16th-century domesticated cat bones on a shipwreck, enhancing our knowledge of cats' history in America.