Michigan scientists and a whiskey distiller are on a quest to resurrect historical varieties of rye and use them to make ...

Recovering 146-year-old rye seeds from the frigid depths of Lake Huron and using them to grow a fresh crop seems like a long ...

Explore the thousands of preserved shipwrecks in the Great Lakes with maritime archaeologist Caitlin Zant.

Scientists retrieved rye seeds from the James R. Bentley, a wooden schooner, that sank on November 12, 1878 in Lake Huron in ...

According to data compiled by Baillod and other Great Lakes maritime historians, Lake Michigan accounted for 26.5% of all shipwrecks, closely followed by Lake Huron at 26.1% and Lake Erie at 23.8%.

On Nov. 23, 1912, the overloaded Rouse Simmons, carrying 5,000 Christmas trees, foundered in a fierce blizzard off Kewaunee, ...

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the Great Lakes, creating unpredictable and violent weather. They've left the ...

“And you can’t bank on the Great Lakes being happy and peaceful this time of year,” Lusardi said So, what more is there to know about the gales of November ? What lake has the most shipwrecks?

The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking down its entire 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The disaster even has a song dedicated to ...

LANSING – As the gales of November approach, social media users are channeling the most famous Great Lakes shipwreck as tongue-in-cheek inspiration for a new fall aesthetic. It began with a ...