the world's only pirate treasure chest, and one of two surviving 17th-century Jolly Roger flags (that familiar black flag featuring a skull and crossbones). At the center of the museum ...

Thousands enter each week, but only one caption makes the cut. Asheville’s Thomas Roth cracked the code — on his third try.

a pirate ship, two sailors staring off into the sea, and their captain — who had made a rather significant branding decision. Gone was the Jolly Roger skull-and-crossbones flag. In its place?