In 1913, a massive storm formed over the Great Lakes and quickly intensified into one of the deadliest inland maritime disasters ever recorded. Winds reached hurricane force, driving waves as high as ...

The Ghost Ships Festival will take place in Manitowoc on March 6-7 at the Inn on Maritime Bay. A major highlight is the recently discovered steamer Lac La Belle, which was lost for 150 years. The ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to shipwrecks that have sat underwater for more than a century. Over multiple ...

Nearly fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank and killed all 29 men aboard during a ferocious storm on Lake Superior, a modern maritime tragedy that has echoed for ...

Many Michiganders grow up with the Great Lakes as a backdrop, serving as a place to swim, sail and escape the heat. But few of us think about what lies just a little deeper. For centuries, these ...