The Comite River Diversion Canal has been under construction for more than six years but should be done by mid-2028, ...

The Driftless Area Scenic Byway cuts a mesmerizing 144-mile path through a region that ancient glaciers apparently found too ...

Pere Marquette State Park, just a few miles from downtown Grafton, is the crown jewel of the area’s natural attractions and ...

The small towns in Mississippi are some of the best in the entire country, if you ask us. Sure, we might be just a little bit ...

The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the trails to take in the view of the majestic river. But some local officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi River is home to one of North America’s most formidable reptilian apex predators: the American alligator. With its ...

A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement. The Mississippi River Bridge, ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live stream of the implosion as it begins. Watch live in the player above. Officials originally planned to begin the implosion at 9:30 a.m., but crews were delayed and ...

An Iowa-based author, folklorist and photographer is releasing a new book that chronicles life on the Mississippi River during the 20th century though the words of a commercial fisherman. Sherry ...

The lower Mississippi River’s pilotage system underwent a major shift this summer when the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association quietly began assigning two pilots to certain large cargo vessels ...

Portions of western Washington state have experienced a month’s worth of rain within the past few days, causing historic flooding, damaging mudslides and more than 100,00 people facing potential ...