Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...

After a luxury passenger steamer sank more than 150 years ago, the ship has finally been discovered in the depths of Lake Michigan. On Friday, Feb. 13, professional shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn ...

Researchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer ship that sank in Lake Michigan in 1872, they announced Friday. Shipwreck World, a group that works to locate shipwrecks around the globe, ...

Devil Island sits in Lake Superior surrounded by beauty and danger. Hidden rocks, sudden storms, and thick fog caused countless shipwrecks over centuries. Indigenous tribes believed the caves spoke ...

Many Michiganders grow up with the Great Lakes as a backdrop, serving as a place to swim, sail and escape the heat. But few of us think about what lies just a little deeper. For centuries, these ...

The wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale nearly 150 years ago has been discovered, searchers announced last week, completing a quest that began nearly 60 years ago. Shipwreck ...

A piece of Great Lakes history resurfaces: A shipwreck team announced the discovery of the Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in Lake Michigan more than 150 years ago. Shipwreck hunter Paul ...

A shortwave in the jets stream will allow for more scattered showers today with a few non-severe storms possible. The fog ...

“It was a moment of real jubilation,” said shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn. “We knew we had done it” Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016.