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Macabre sites in North America
494 macabre sites in North America, spread across 10 countries. The best known is USS Maine (1890) in Cuba. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.
- In North America
- 494
- Countries
- 10
- Share of world
- 23%
- Little known
- 426 of 494
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2.American Airlines Flight 191
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1979 aviation accident in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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3.The Day the Music Died
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1959 airplane crash that killed three American rock musicians
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8.Bingham Canyon Mine
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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9.United Airlines Flight 232
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Aviation accident on 19 July 1989
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11.Air Florida Flight 90
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Flight that crashed in 1982 near Washington (D.C.) National Airport
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19.Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Boeing 727 airliner that collided with a Cessna 172 over San Diego, California in 1978
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20.Southern Airways Flight 242
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1977 aviation accident in Georgia, United States
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21.Arrow Air Flight 1285R
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
December 1985 aviation accident in Newfoundland, Canada
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23.Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Aviation accident caused by hijacking
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24.USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
Archaeological · Notable
1959 Skipjack-class submarine that sunk on May 22, 1968 without conclusive explanation
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29.Air Canada Flight 797
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1983 in-flight fire aboard an Air Canada DC-9-32 near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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30.USS Arizona Memorial
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Memorial to soldiers killed on the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor
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32.Bannack
Archaeological · 19th century · Notable
Ghost town and former gold mine in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
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38.Cubana Flight 455
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1976 airliner bombing of a Cubana de Aviacion DC-8-43 near Barbados
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47.Air Canada Flight 621
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1970 plane crash in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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49.1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Aircraft collision that involved the loss of a nuclear bomb
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50.1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
US B-52 accident involving nuclear weapons
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58.Cornfield Bomber
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Accident involving a F-106 of the U.S. Air Force in 1970
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59.American Airlines Flight 1502
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Crew training flight resulting in a crash into sea killing all 6 aboard
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60.Twilight Zone accident
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Crash of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter
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69.Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Aviation accident caused by hijacking
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70.Continental Airlines Flight 603
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1978 air crash at Los Angeles International Airport
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81.Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
2,040-acre park in Alabama (US) maintained by the National Park Service
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84.Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1988 aviation accident
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85.United Air Lines Flight 608
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
An airplane that crashed in 1947 in Garfield County, Utah, United States
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88.Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Aviation accident on 11 February 1978
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90.TWA Flight 529
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1961 aviation accident in Willowbrook, Illinois
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92.USAir Flight 5050
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1989 aviation accident in New York City
Macabre sites in North America, by country
Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.
- United States440
- Canada36
- Mexico8
- Greenland3
- Cuba2
- Aruba1
- Barbados1
- British Virgin Islands1
- Honduras1
- Jamaica1
Macabre sites elsewhere
Questions about this page
What are the best known macabre sites in North America?
USS Maine (1890) in Cuba leads the list. Second-class battleship of the United States Navy.
Which country in North America has the most?
United States (440), Canada (36) and Mexico (8). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.
How much of the world is that?
494 of the 2,188 macabre sites on this atlas, so 23%. The rest are on the worldwide page.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.