Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter storms on the Great Lakes have a habit of briefly giving things back — from exposed reefs and forgotten shorelines to ...

While oceans and seas get most of the attention when it comes to shipwrecks, lakes shouldn't be overlooked, as they can pose very unique dangers not found elsewhere. These lakes in particular are ...

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 ...

No one knows exactly how many shipwrecks lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Estimates range between 4,000 and 10,000, but only a fraction of those sunken vessels have been found. When the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A newly discovered Lake Erie shipwreck has been confirmed as the Clough, a 125-foot stone-hauling vessel built in Lorain in 1867 that sank just one year later during the height of ...

Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet ...

The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast International Film Festival returns to Manitowoc April 10 with 10 short films focused on oceans ...

There's Niagara Falls, the mammoth connector between the four Upper Great Lakes and Lake Ontario. Its three falls, Horseshoe, ...

Beneath the waters of the Great Lakes, thousands of shipwrecks, hulking carcasses of a bygone era, have been hiding for generations, just waiting to be revealed. Once someone stumbles upon one of ...