Russian-born intelligence agent who called himself Sidney Reilly, and inspired James Bond, made use of several Irish cover ...

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...

The ship, commanded by renowned Great Lakes Captain Ernest McSorley, left from Superior, Wisconsin on November 9 carrying a load of iron ore to the steel mill on Zug Island, Michigan. But the next day ...

New books include a delightful memoir about aging well and the chronicle of a nautical disaster with modern-day relevance.

Only a few expeditions have made the journey down to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which is now designated a protected ...

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body.

When the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, it was up to the crew of the Arthur M. Anderson to go search for survivors. Then, it was up ...

Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that falls under Illinois’ ...

Joseph "Joe" Frederick Varner passed away on November 4, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Estill and Helen ...

Coral Adventurer voyage cancelled with ship at anchor off Cairns following the death of 80-year-old passenger on Lizard Island.

The Ashes has delivered some of the biggest moments — and scandals — in Australian cricket history. Ben Horne ranks the top ...

Until you meticulously quantify how the hours, days and weeks of your life are really being spent, you can’t possibly know ...