The wooden steamship Adella Shores set out across icy Lake Superior in 1909 but vanished without a trace, leaving 14 crew members presumed dead and no one knowing what happened. Over a century later, ...

The Erie steamship was on a routine crossing of Lake Erie, carrying passengers and crew into what should have been smooth waters — until a sudden, ferocious storm struck with near hurricane-force ...

ESCANABA — (Recently), a Canadian freighter accompanied by an icebreaking tug chugged into Little Bay de Noc and delivered a massive load of salt to an Escanaba dock. The buzz about the impending ...

State Rep. Wyman Duggan and state Sen. Jason Brodeur lead latest attempt to restore Ocklawaha River by opening Rodman ...

Florida’s natural beauty first drew tourists, then Walt Disney’s strategy helped propel city to ‘theme park capital of the ...

Ludington is the glorious opposite. This delightful coastal gem sits where the Pere Marquette River embraces Lake Michigan, ...

Nestled where the Pere Marquette River meets Lake Michigan, this charming harbor town delivers big vacation energy without ...

Drivers lined up on Woodmere Avenue in Traverse City as a Great Lakes Central Railroad train with more than 100 cars backed across the street.

Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on ice cover since 1897. It's already being used to study a declining fish species.

A similar railroad at Brandon Road or some other pinch-point in the canals that connect the Mississippi and the Great Lakes could be built.

Longtime drag racing promoter Randy Henning died in January but not before laying the groundwork for the track's continued ...

The Northerner sank in 1868 and has been resting upright on the lakebed of Lake Michigan off the coast of Wisconsin ever since. Hibbard Inshore / NOAA On November 28, 1868, an American schooner called ...