Lake Michigan

All of the Great Lakes are experiencing declining ice coverage in the winter, which could affect recreation and shorelines.

John P. O’Rourke sailed to victory in 1923, only to later be disqualified on a technicality. Today, his descendants are driven to clinch their own win.

The invasive species have been caught mere miles from Lake Michigan. Scientists fear if they invade the lake, they could spread throughout the Great Lakes.

Standing on the Lake Michigan overlook at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore — a wooden deck perched 450 feet above the lake’s steel blue water — it’s…

Though Illinois is not famous for its mountains, it has other pleasures. As a westerner turned midwesterner, I decided to bloom where I’m planted. I’ve…