A ship built 16 years before the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975, still navigates the waters of the Great Lakes transporting cargo. The SS Alpena, launched in 1942 under the name SS ...

In just the last year, three shipwrecks have been found in the Great Lakes that each had remained hidden for 130 years or more. The Margaret A. Muir was discovered by Wisconsin maritime historians ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back. Here's how winter weather plays a part.

A quiet fishing outing on Lake Michigan turned into a once-in-a-lifetime brush with history when a Wisconsin dad and his ...

It was a real deep mystery. Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book on a caper that has endured for over a century ...

The Great Lakes have a rich history of ghost stories and maritime lore. Lake Superior's "Shipwreck Coast" is known for numerous shipwrecks and ghost ship sightings. The SS Bannockburn, a vanished ...

Jerry Eliason, a lifelong shipwreck hunter from Cloquet, Minnesota, has become one of the most respected figures in the quest ...

HOUGHTON — Members of the Great Lakes Smart Ships Coalition are conducting follow-up mapping and archaeological exploration in Lake Superior this week, aiming to find the wreckage of a plane that ...

The history of courageous ship mascot animals who braved Great Lakes storms alongside their mariners will be chronicled on April 21, when researcher Ric Mixter visits the Marysville Library. The free ...