North America's five Great Lakes—Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario—have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century. The lakes are notorious for brutally unpredictable weather, ...
Ric Mixter concludes his fall series on lighthouses and shipwrecks Dec. 6 at 6:30pm with Deep Six: Titanics of the Great ...
The U.S. Coast Guard is renaming two of its Great Lakes command sectors, the agency said Nov. 27. Sector Buffalo will become ...
Tamara Thomsen makes her living exploring Wisconsin's sunken history as an underwater archaeologist for the Historical ...
From multicolored rock cliffs to towering sand dunes, there's no shortage of beauty all around the Great Lakes.
At the tail end of the aughts, as it became clear that the United States would need to create much more renewable energy, fast, many believed the transition would be bolstered by the proliferation ...
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald not only inspired an iconic ballad from Canadian crooner Gordon Lightfoot, it also led ...
A tiny goldfish might look cute in a fishbowl on your shelf, but if released into the wild it can grow to a terrifying size ...
Nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan on Jones Island, Milwaukee's newly updated port is emerging as a potential force in ...
From Wisconsin's Great Lakes shipwrecks to a pair of ancient Ho-Chunk dugout canoes found in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen has some great ...
MOLE LAKE, Wis. — In late August, Robert Van Zile Jr., looked out over Rice Lake with dismay. Brown spot disease had decimated this year's wild rice crop. The lake is home to the last remaining ...
The gales of November 1975 led to putting new technology out on the Great Lakes so ship captains have a better idea of ...
