New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

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We are having a real winter so far in 2025, with lots of cold weather. As I write this article, we’ve experienced two subzero ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

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Millions of Americans were under winter weather advisories Wednesday morning as several states woke up to a fresh blanket of snow.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...