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In 1975, a massive cargo ship sank during a violent storm, taking all 29 crew members with it. This documentary short ...
Researchers discovered a 19th century “ghost ship” in Lake Michigan. The missing clue to the wreck’s location was hiding in plain sight in a local newspaper clip.
And in 2015, Free Press photojournalist Eric Seals featured Trotter in a 53-minute documentary, "Graveyard of the Great Lakes: A Shipwreck Hunter’s Quest to Discover the Past." The thought of being ...
A preserved shipwreck from 1703 was recently documented in stunning detail for the first time – with experts cautioning that it may not stay this way for very long. Researchers dove off the coast of ...
Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a 145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river – and it was a complete surprise. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the organization that led ...
Treasure hunters believe a fortune in gold remains lost in the wreckage. One hundred sixty years ago, the S.S. Brother Jonathan sank just south of the Oregon border in what remains one of the region’s ...