16. Air Force One Entered Service: 1990 Retired: N/A Cost: $660 million* Air Force One is the traffic control call signal for the USAF aircraft, which carries the president. The idea of…
Mil Mi-24 @militor / Twitter.com | ©Fasttailwind / Shutterstock The defense industry is one of the most profitable trades in the world. In America alone, the total sales from the…
97. Roopkund Lake, AKA Skeleton Lake Est. Value Today: N/A Year Disappeared: Unknown Year Discovered: 1942 Roopkund is a super-high-altitude lake that you can find in the Himalayas. It is nicknamed “Skeleton Lake”…
82. USS Arizona Est. Value Today: $4.91 million* (Cost of Memorial) Year Disappeared: 1941 Year Discovered: N/A Not to be confused with a Civil War ship of the same name, the USS Arizona was constructed…
67. The Staffordshire Hoard Est. Value Today: $5 million* Year Disappeared: 650-675 A.D. Year Discovered: 2009 An amateur treasure hunter discovered the Staffordshire Hoard in a field in Staffordshire, England. The hoard…
53. Saint Clair Wines Est. Value Today: $2-$5 million* Year Disappeared: 2013 Year Discovered: N/A Gold, silver, and precious jewels aren’t the only things that go down with a ship when it…
42. Port Royal, Jamaica Est. Value Today: Unknown Year Disappeared: 1692 Year Discovered: N/A (Still, 2,000 People Left) Port Royal, Jamaica was once a lively pirate city. It was home to pirates…
29. The Caesarea Treasure Est. Value Today: $240,000* Year Disappeared: Over 1,000 years ago Year Discovered: 2015 Not every amazing discovery found under the waves is made by professional divers searching for…
16. The Sunken City in Qiandao Lake Est. Value Today: Unknown Year Disappeared: 1959 (Intentionally Flooded) Year Discovered: N/A China’s beautiful Qiandao Lake, also known as “Thousand Island Lake,” is a man-made, freshwater…
©Arne Hodalic/Corbis via Getty Images The ocean is a vast space that covers most of the globe. Long before airplanes were flying around the world, ships were the only way…
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