Hundreds of ships have sunk in the Great Lakes, but where are they? BuzzReads’s Katie Heaney took to the water with a crew of men obsessed with finding them (inspired by the show Sea Hunt ). Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.
Sea Hunt: Finding Sunken Treasure With The Great Lakes’ Legendary Shipwreck Hunters — BuzzReads
Forget fantasies of gold doubloons or pirate booty — for a veteran crew of Midwestern adventurers looking for a lost freighter at the bottom of Lake Superior, the long, isolating search is its own reward. Read it at BuzzReads.
A Week With Action Bronson — Grantland
A hilarious profile by Alex Pappademas: "But that's sort of the best thing about Bronson: No one can fully believe what they're seeing. A 300-pound Albanian American dude who's released hundreds of rap songs, almost all of which are to some extent about fine dining, obscure athletes of the '80s and '90s, or sex workers?" Read it at Grantland.
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“Something Terrible Has Happened Here”: The Crazy Story Of How “Clue” Went From Forgotten Flop To Cult Triumph — BuzzFeed
That a high-concept, fast-talking farce based on a board game was a box office bomb in 1985 is no huge mystery. But figuring out how it became an enduring favorite is a Hollywood whodunit for the ages. Adam B. Vary argues the prime suspect is you, in the living room, with the remote control. Read it on BuzzFeed.
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What's Killing Poor White Women? — The American Prospect
A fascinating and tragic story by Monica Potts about an Arkansas woman whose sudden, unexplained death at 38 speaks to a larger trend puzzling experts: a five-year decline in the life expectancies of poor, white women. Read it at The American Prospect.
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