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The SS <em>Edmund Fitzgerald</em> was the largest freighter on the Great Lakes when it was built.
shipwrecks

Why Is TikTok Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck?

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's immortal song and a fresh crop of memes.
Allegra Rosenberg November 7, 2025
Silver Islet, Ontario

Silver Islet Cemetery

Carved wooden graves mark the plots at this cemetery in an old mining town.
Thunder Bay, Ontario

Porphyry Point Lighthouse

Live your lighthouse keeper dreams at this unique lodging on a Canadian island.
Silver Islet, Ontario

Silver Islet Mine

The site of one of the most profitable silver mines in the world, reclaimed by Lake Superior.
Wind Point, Wisconsin

Wind Point Lighthouse

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.
Boats and other river traffic follow the Mississippi's curves near New Orleans; the mighty river is part of The Great Loop, a 6,000-mile circle around the Eastern United States.
ships

'Loopers' Say the Great Loop Is Their Appalachian Trail

Every year, scores of boaters travel the 6,000-mile route around the Eastern United States. Why do they do it?
Shoshi Parks July 18, 2024
underwater

How the Great Lakes Formed—And the Mystery of Who Watched It Happen

Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
Gemma Tarlach January 11, 2024
Over time water has a way of turning wrecks into otherworldly archaeological sites.
ships

The Year in Wrecks, Lost Ships, and Underwater Discoveries

From unexpected treasure in Ukraine to a unique relic of the American Revolution, Captain Santa’s lost ship to digital dugouts.
Gemma Tarlach December 27, 2023
Archaeology professor Sissel Schroeder sweeps her iPhone over a dugout at the Milwaukee Public Museum to capture images for a 3D model.
science

Dugout Canoes, the 'Pickup Trucks' of Their Day, Go Digital in Wisconsin

For millennia, people used dugouts for transport and trade. Now, an ambitious project is preserving the canoes virtually and revealing new details.
Susan Cosier November 6, 2023
tunnels

Podcast: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mt. Baldy

One family's visit to Lake Michigan turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.
The Podcast Team August 23, 2023
lakes

These Intrepid Surfers Chill Out Riding the Great Lakes' Wintry Waves

Stressing the need for proper gear and training, members of this close-knit community say their sport gets them through the long, cold season.
Eden Arielle Gordon February 23, 2023
Parts of the Buffalo area saw more than 6 feet of snow over three days in November 2022.
science

What Is Lake-Effect Snow?

A snowstorm that slammed into Western New York left more than six feet of snow in places. Blame the Great Lakes.
Michael A. Rawlins November 21, 2022
Slate Islands shoreline.
Terrace Bay, Ontario

Slate Islands

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.
Lake Superior batters a Minnesota shoreline.
science

Are the Great Lakes Really Inland Seas?

Well, yes. And no. Actually, it depends on where you stand, in more ways than one.
Gemma Tarlach April 27, 2022
Canopy walk to Eagle Tower
Fish Creek, Wisconsin

Eagle Tower

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.
Thunder Bay, Ontario

Sleeping Giant

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.