As a historic coast-to-coast rail merger looms, the question isn’t just whether Washington will approve it, but whether it ...

Hidden in the rolling hills of Wisconsin’s Driftless Region lies a town so charming, so unexpectedly vibrant, that visitors often leave wondering how it’s remained under the radar for so long. Viroqua ...

Lake Hope State Park in McArthur, Ohio might just be the perfect place to do exactly that—or at least turn the darn thing off for a while. Canoes lined up like eager puppies at the dock, ready to help ...

Illinois students could be held to new standards for school testing, a shift the state school board says will better prepare them for college and postsecondary education careers while accurately ...

On this day in 1876, a momentous milestone in California transportation history was achieved: the first train passed through ...

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong depicts the meeting of New England’s newer low-wage immigrant working class and its older industrial working class.

The railroad once represented the American dream of expansion—and exploitation. But is train travel becoming a thing of the past?