Sand Point Lighthouse was built in 1867 and once served as a residence for the officer-in-charge of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Escanaba.

Historic photos of the S.S. Badger coal-powered car ferry show the 410-foot ship through the years. The ships entered service ...

A ship missing since the late 1800s has been discovered in Lake Michigan, the Wisconsin Historical Society said Friday. “Shipwreck hunters and historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck located ...

A shipwreck found in Lake Michigan turned out to be a different vessel than historians initially thought. Now, the wreck is ...

A long-lost shipwreck hidden in the depths of Lake Michigan has recently been discovered by a team of maritime experts — nearly 130 years after it sank. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS ...

Wisconsin Historical Society Maritime Archaeologist Tamara Thomsen said that the society confirmed that Christopher Thuss found the wreck of the J.C. Ames. Thuss was fishing in Lake Michigan off ...

A man and his daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan over the summer when ... catching the attention of the Wisconsin Historical Society. “We went back to our database to see if there was ...

(WLUK) -- Underneath the surface of Lake Michigan, off the coast of Algoma ... Baillod and the group immediately notified the state historical society of their findings. Divers with the historical ...