The Titanic is overrated, deep-sea explorers say. The wealthy keep venturing to it anyway.

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An inflatable Titanic in the middle of a park.
An inflatable Titanic slide seen at a park in Placentia, California.

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See inside a $300 million Gilded Age mansion built for heirs who died on the Titanic that sat abandoned for years

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Lynnewood Hall.
in 1897, Lynnewood Hall was built in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

Courtesy of Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation

Kate Winslet says kissing Leonardo DiCaprio in the 'I'm flying' scene in 'Titanic' was 'such a mess'

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Leonardo DiCaprio holding Kate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in "Titanic."

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Stockton Rush reportedly wanted OceanGate to build underwater doomsday bunkers for billionaires

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Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate exhibitions.
Stockton Rush was CEO of OceanGate.

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James Cameron says the OceanGate submersible rescue morphed into a 'crazy' operation when 'we all knew they were dead'

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James Cameron/the Titan submersible
James Cameron/the Titan submersible

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Meet Larry Connor, the Ohio billionaire taking a submersible to the Titanic despite last summer's OceanGate implosion

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Larry Connor, billionaire real estate investor and Ax-1 Pilot on Axiom Mission 1.
Larry Connor.

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Ohio man plans to take a 2-person submersible to Titanic depths to show the industry is safe after the OceanGate tragedy

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A picture of an OceanGate vehicle
The Titan submersible.

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A crypto bigwig dropped $1.5M on a watch from the Titanic as a gift for his wife

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A closed gold pocket watch emblazoned with the initials JJA.
It's the most expensive piece of Titanic memorabilia ever sold.

Courtesy of Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd

Gold pocket watch owned by the richest man on the Titanic, who died when the ship sank, fetches record $1.5 million

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The gold plated pocket watch belonging to an ill fated passenger on the Titanic, which stopped as the ship sank in April 1912, which is to be auctioned along with other artifacts today by Henry Aldridge & Son at the British Titanic Society Convention, Southampton. *The item was rescued from the body of passenger John Gill, 24, from Somerset and is expected to fetch 25,000.

Famous figures who had Titanic tickets but didn't make it on board

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A black and white composite of the Titanic with portraits of Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick below.
The Titanic with Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick.

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