The American Midwest has experienced widespread drought since 2022. The Mississippi River registered record-low levels that year, exposing this previously submerged passenger ferry named the Brookhill.

Believed to date back to the 19th century, the boat sank following a major storm in 1915. While the site remains open for all to visit (until it's eventually submerged again), parts of the shipwreck have been stolen, leading to signs being installed reminding people not to take pieces of the ferry.

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