While the beaches and dunes provide a soothing vacation destination, the more than 100 lighthouses highlight the dangers its waters created for the many ships resting on the lakebed. Lake ...

There are many carefree, car-free towns in the U.S., with walking, biking, and sometimes golf carts as primary modes of ...

Maritime travel on the Great Lakes dates back several centuries ... The ship was used to drop off and pick up lighthouse keepers at remote islands in Lake Superior amid dangerous conditions.

Lake Superior lies north of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is the largest of the region's five Great Lakes. Here's what to know.

She hatched in 2009 on North Manitou Island. “In addition to being the oldest female Great Lakes piping plover, she has also won the title of oldest known Great Lakes piping plover. This is ...

Lake Michigan is the westernmost Great Lake and the only one located ... hundreds of smaller tributaries and more than 700 islands. The magnificent dunes along the eastern shore of the lake ...

Early spring on the Great Lakes has historically seen a few major deadly disasters as shipping season kicks off. But the season isn't completely safe.