The British ocean liner was torpedoed by the Germans during World War I, killing over one thousand people and changing the ...

Aranui Cruises adds an exciting new ship to its fleet, sailing the untouched Austral Islands with its maiden voyage scheduled for March 2027. SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For over ...

For the better part of a century, the Port of Southampton was more than just a harbour; it was the grand arterial gateway ...

The uniqueness of the Fitzgerald and the unknowns surrounding its demise may be part of why it’s so well-preserved in the memory of those who were here to experience it. Lynn has shadowy recollections ...

On this day in pop culture history, the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower saw land and Disney’s Skyways rides stop running.

United Air Lines officially entered the jet age in 1959 when Flight 800—a Douglas DC-8—operated between San Francisco and New ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1925.

Halloween is over, but the fright lives on. And, sometimes, fear comes from places or things you least expect, such as a weirdly shaped car grille ...

Today in History for Nov. 21: In 1766, the first theatre in the U.S. -- the "Southfork" -- opened in Philadelphia. In 1783, the first free flight was made by two men who rose 100 metres above Paris in ...

TODAY is Monday, October 7, the 280th day of 2013. There are 85 days left in the year. 1571 - A combined Austrian, Genoese and Venetian fleet decisively defeats the Turks off Lepanto, Greece. The ...

Although splashy new megaships are helping to entice millions more travelers to take cruise vacations, they aren’t the reason that some long-time cruisers continue to set sail. Carnival passengers ...