National parks in America offer every kind of escape; some overflow with eager visitors, while others stay under the radar.

Once Chicago’s iconic lakefront airport, Meigs Field is now a thriving park blending nature, history, and bold urban transformation.

Today in History for July 19: In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after only nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen and had Jane executed.

Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, arriving at 10 p.m. on July 18 to take command at Lake George in the Adirondacks, found a single ...

Can artificial reefs in Lake Michigan slow erosion and boost fish population? Researchers aim to find out.

Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan near 63rd Street Beach An investigation is underway after a body was pulled from Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon.

A man's body was recovered from Lake Michigan on Chicago's South Side early Saturday afternoon, according to police.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

The decades-long search for a passenger plane carrying 58 people that disappeared over Lake Michigan 75 years ago has been called off.