A significant piece of Great Lakes maritime history, a life ring and wooden plank from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald are to be ...

There are many things I don’t understand.  Some are common, like the mystery of airplanes able to heave their loaded bulk high above the clouds, coming down a million miles away with (almost) ...

According to Detroit auction house DuMouchelles's website, a live auction is set for Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 a.m. CST (11 a.m.

A life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald, the famous Great Lakes freighter that was shipwrecked 50 years ago, will be auctioned ...

Explore the Line 5 pipeline legal battle, highlighting its impact on the environment and local communities in Michigan and Wisconsin.

The ship was a railroad-car ferry that sank in a winter storm on Lake Erie. Claims of madness and murder among its crew ...

Caleb Bigham · In the wake of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, it may surprise readers to know that centuries-old Great Lakes ships are still being uncovered on a regular basis ...

The cook fell ill and was tied to the mast of the sinking ship. But when the crew abandoned the ship, they left Lydia Dale ...

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

A shipwreck that has long rested beneath Lake Erie’s waters was briefly revealed off Kingsville, Ontario, after high winds seemingly made the lake “vanish.” ...

Therese Langer Woelfel is the author of "Our Guiding Light: Wisdom from the Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter," about her discovery of her mother, Vivian’s, secret to living a peaceful and purposeful life.

Captain Benjamin Trudell was the first captain at the Grand Marais Lifesaving station. One of Captain Trudell's most notable rescues was that of the steamer South Shore on the morning of November 23, ...