MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin angler fishing in the fog this week discovered the wreck of an abandoned tugboat submerged in the waters of Lake Michigan for more than a century, state officials announced ...

Michigan has a spooky secret hiding in plain sight. Scattered across the state are old amusement parks and fun zones that ...

The six puppies were found by a family walking along the railroad tracks in Bealeton on Nov. 8 have been reunited with their ...

Daylight saving time happened again, and even though it happens every year, I am shocked at just how jarring it is for ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

I'm always down for a nature hike where I get to see some cool plants, maybe an animal or two, and an interestingly shaped rock, but my favorite kinds of hikes are those that make me feel like I've ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Watco has officially assumed operations of the Great Lakes Central Railroad, the largest Class III regional railroad in Michigan. According to an Oct. 1 news release, the railroad ...

East Harlem leaders and community advocates are calling for a passageway between the neighborhood’s incoming Second Avenue subway extension and its Metro-North stop by repurposing a long abandoned ...