Ships come in many shapes and sizes—including ones that fit in bottles. No one knows this better than Jim Goodwin, a retired geologist who for 25 years has been perfecting the maritime tradition of ...

Ernie Pitts first began building model ships in an attempt to reduce his drinking. Almost 60 years later, the decision has proved a good one, with the hobby lasting much longer than the temptation of ...

The original is long gone, sunk by Confederate mines April 1, 1864, off Mandarin Point. But the desire to bring that regal steamship back to life and "dock" it near where its life ended that fateful ...