The War of 1812 is one of our forgotten wars, skimmed over in school lessons and rarely the subject of movies. To the British ...

Lake Erie borders the southeastern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. A state park features camping, fishing and sandy beaches. Several historic lighthouses line Michigan's coast overlooking Lake ...

One of America’s most historic tall ships, the U.S. Brig Niagara, has arrived in Maine for a comprehensive, year-long ...

Lake Erie, the smallest of the Great Lakes, borders only a small strip of southeast Michigan's coast, but contains rich opportunities for waterfront recreation and exploration. The smallest Great ...

The U.S. Brig Niagara has arrived at a Maine shipyard where it will undergo a $5 million refit expected to last a year. On June 5, the ship arrived in Bristol Marine’s Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay ...

Axe throwing: Try out Stumpy's Hatchet House, 3728 Liberty St., which offers a variety of hatchet and axe throwing target ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

From Gothic castles and creaking mansions to centuries-old graveyards that terrify after dark, the world is filled with ...

There, 63 ships rest beneath hundreds of feet of cold ... belong in the Mediterranean or the Arctic … don’t they? In fact, the Great Lakes make for a world-class shipwreck museum, albeit ...

President Trump signed a memorandum to expedite measures preventing invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The memorandum urges Illinois to cooperate with the Brandon Road Lock and Dam ...