The new lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie is in the third phase of construction. The megaproject is over budget and ...

The step-grandson of a famous Great Lakes shipwreck finder recently made his own historic discovery in Wisconsin—the ...

The J.C. Ames was a powerful towing tug built in Manitowoc in 1881. It had a 41-year career. Now, it's the first shipwreck ...

Decades of industrial pollution on Lake Superior has seen stretches of its shore deemed areas of environmental concern for both Canada and the U.S. A massive investment of time and money is letting ...

In addition to Illinois, cruisers can also visit Wright sites in another Great Lakes state, Michigan. From the Muskegon port of call, one excursion visits the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, a ...

One of the world’s great rivers, the mighty Mississippi is storied in American culture, history and identity. It’s where ...

Lake Michigan remains a fantastic hub for discoveries. We recently saw the discovery of bizarre holes, almost 1,000 feet in ...

It's certainly flawed—ludicrous even—to equate ancient Rome with last weekend's Kilby Block Party. Caesar and his successors had chariots and great ships to traverse the known world, flanked by ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

The mines in the state’s Iron Range, where Mr. Bird was born and raised — and where his father, grandfather and great-grandfather ... Northern state filled with lakes, hills, wild game and ...

A group of 600 Irish starving during the Great Hunger ... at the foot of which is Ireland’s National Famine Memorial. It’s a sad metal structure of a three-masted ship, the sort that took ...