There's nothing like a trip to the beach. Even if it's too cold or stormy to go for a swim, there's likely to be something interesting that's washed ashore. Let's take a virtual trip to the seaside and check out these weird finds.
There's nothing like a trip to the beach. Even if it's too cold or stormy to go for a swim, there's likely to be something interesting that's washed ashore. Let's take a virtual trip to the seaside and check out these weird finds.
The beaches all around the largest, and nothernmost, Great Lake can get some harsh weather in winter. Oftentimes, the beach is a few feet higher than in the summer just because of the snow.
Some enterprising soul has piled up all of the driftwood at this beach and turned it into what appears to be a serviceable shelter.
I can't explain the natural forces at play that would cause a bunch of mussels to call this shoe home. All I know is that it's pretty cool.
Before you ask, don't worry — this was safely handled by a bomb squad. It's probably a German grenade from World War 1.
The infinite possibilities of temperature, water, and wind can do some fascinating stuff to the ice that accumulates on beaches in the winter.
No one quite knows what this is, but it could be a pike pole that's been modified with squishy balls at each end.
It's wild to think that the world is so littered with fossils — signs of life from a far-distant past — that you can literally find them almost anywhere.
This is known as sea pork, which is an organism related to corals. These invertebrates have been populating the world's oceans for hundreds of millions of years.
It's wild how oxidization, or rust, is such a potent dye. Once it leaches out, it has a way of staining everything around it.
It looks like a whole new species, but it's actually just a cluster of barnacles with a feather randomly attached.
Just like iron filings, portions of this Ecuadorian beach can be picked up with a strong magnet.
This would serve as effective advertising for the manufacturer of this lock, if only we knew who made it.
It's hard to ascertain a purpose for this weird bridge at high tide. But at low tide, it provides a route over a small stream.
This appears to be a part from an old cast iron stove. Maybe it even washed ashore from an old shipwreck.
Santa Cruz is now known for two things: surfing and, uh, pianos washing up on the beach. Just look — even the strings are still intact.
It's wild that something as corrosive as a battery can become teeming with life under certain oceanic circumstances.
The person who found this was hoping it was a valuable chunk of ambergris, but it's more likely fossilized coral.
This is a set of (likely homemade) wheel chocks. They help keep your trailer in place while you're unloading your boat.
This is a reminder that it might not be a good idea to pick up random beach detritus. It's a bladder from a Portuguese man o' war jellyfish. This person is lucky it isn't the jellyfish itself.
This may have actually been used in the Russian space program, as it appears to be a tank than contained high pressure nitrogen for use in a rocket motor.