r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • Jun 06 '25

Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks /r/all

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u/blueranger36 Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

I have a map called the “graveyard of the outer banks” and it’s just locations of sunken ships

Edit: for everyone who asked, here is a cheap way to buy it: https://shop.americasnationalparks.org/products/ghost-fleet-of-the-outer-banks-map-poster

It’s call the ghost fleet of the outer banks.

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u/AgitatedSquirrell Jun 06 '25

We stayed in a house in Duck which had a map hanging on a wall with the location of all the shipwrecks.

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u/Decent-Dingo081721 Jun 07 '25

We used to have a beach house in Duck. I loved going there in my childhood. It hurts my heart to see these home going away.

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u/tarheel_204 Jun 07 '25

I know exactly the map you’re talking about- the Ghost Fleet of the Outer Banks

My grandparents have a framed picture of it too and it’s so cool to look at

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u/Starlord2230 Jun 07 '25

Stayed in Duck also. This post looks like it may be Corova no?

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u/abyssal_banana Jun 07 '25

This is probably Rodanthe

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u/NuclearSun1 Jun 06 '25

Wow, forgot I had that map when I was younger.

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u/Luvs2spooge89 Jun 07 '25

Is this due to the currents? Stuff just collects there?

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u/blueranger36 Jun 07 '25

Look at a map of the Atlantic coastal shelf. It’s the closest to the drop off so the currents are way heavier. OBX gets amazing waves and due to this they also have crazy shifting sand bars. One day you can walk straight out a hundred feet standing level the next day it’s gone. Awesome place to visit if you’ve never been

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25

Great waves 🌊 yep! Love surfing Hatteras

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u/Parenthisaurolophus Jun 07 '25

Kind of a collection of reasons. There are a bunch of shoals that get shifted around kind of like sand dunes out in the water which resulted in hundreds of wrecks (Diamond Shoals). Then you've got German U-Boats that went to town on ships on the east coast silhouetted against the lights of the cities and town and sunk a few hundred more (Torpedo Alley). You've also got some notable wrecks in the area like Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, a civil war Ironclad, and a ship carrying Aaron Burr's daughter.

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u/Dingus_Khaaan Jun 07 '25

My Dad has that hung in his hallway. It was there outside my door my entire childhood and I always thought it was so cool lol

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u/BeachQt Jun 07 '25

I have one of those too! It’s hanging up in the laundry room. Granted I’m from coastal NC and still live here

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u/REUBENSACKLEBANKS Jun 07 '25

Wow childhood memory unlocked

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u/manicpossumdreamgirl Jun 07 '25

my parents have that map in the bathroom!

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u/doebedoe Jun 07 '25

Its on my kitchen wall. Been going there for 40 years...parents have been going there for 60.

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u/DougieBuddha Jun 07 '25

Could you pm me a pic of that or a link? Cause that's kinda awesome for someone in NC that goes to the outer banks semi regularly

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u/smittenwithshittin Jun 07 '25

Theobx one looks like it’s produced by National Geographic, there’s a couple formats. Other places have similar maps like Cape Cod and the Chesapeake Bay

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u/glen_ko_ko Jun 07 '25

I would love an interactive version of these where you could click a particular wreck and read an article about the ships history, look at pictures, or watch little docs

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u/mismanagementsuccess Jun 07 '25

Is it called "ghost fleet of the outer banks?" I framed that and had it for years.

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u/Rustyboyvermont Jun 07 '25

Becoming the graveyard of beach houses.

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u/CommonBubba Jun 07 '25

Got one hanging on my wall!

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u/DaBozz88 Jun 07 '25

Can you share it?