Lost for 80 Years: WWII B-17 Bomber Discovered in the Baltic Sea

Underwater archaeologists have located a World War II B-17 in the Baltic Sea, and recovered artifacts may help identify the ...

Today in Chicago History: World War II hero Edward ‘Butch’ O’Hare — the airport’s namesake — downs Japanese bombers

1958: Nathan Leopold, who was convicted with Richard Loeb of killing Bobby Franks in 1924, was released on parole. Other “crimes of the century” have come and gone, but the “perfect murder” of Bobby ...

Shipwreck Found at the Bottom of Lake Michigan After Nearly 150 Years

The steamer Lac La Belle, which was carrying passengers and cargo, sank in a storm in 1872. Eight people died when one of its ...

After 150 years, missing Lake Michigan shipwreck, Lac La Belle found

“It was a moment of real jubilation” Ehorn said in the news release. “We knew we had done it.” ...
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This Luxury Steamer Disappeared on a Stormy Night in 1872. Nearly 150 Years Later to the Day, It Was Found at the Bottom of Lake Michigan

The "Lac La Belle" was discovered 20 miles off the coast of Wisconsin in 2022 after a fisherman offered shipwreck hunters a mysterious clue ...