Can you walk Wisconsin’s shorelines? Shorewood resident Paul Florsheim takes a stand after receiving a trespassing ticket for walking along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. “I really actually want to go to court because I don’t think I was trespassing,” he argues, […]
Transportation! By being so close to Lake Michigan and the Des Plaines River, it became a critical connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river. Then came the markets. Then came the railroads. Then came the airports. “It ended […]
“There aren’t many shipwrecks off Chicago’s coast anymore, but the city’s lakeshore has its own kind of ghostly marine curiosity: tons of rideshare bikes submerged in Lake Michigan’s shallow shorelines.” ~ learn more
Now the only vestige of this mainstay bar from my 20s is the Debonair Yacht, named in homage, that frequents the city’s floating party at Lake Michigan’s Playpen. ~ learn more
“In 1833, Chicago was a wilderness outpost of just 350 residents, clumped around a small military fort on soggy land where the Chicago River trickled into Lake Michigan.” | learn more
A reader shared this with me after seeing my story about Lake Michigan last week. It’s an excellent read! “Chicago has a weakness at its very foundations. The towering skyscrapers and temples of commerce were built upon a swamp.” | learn more
“Each spring on Lake Michigan, if you’re lucky, you’ll be able to see shipwrecks due to the incredibly clear springtime waters.” | learn more
“The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite captured frozen Lake Michigan.” Follow the link for more detailed zoomed-in photos. | learn more
Want to be in the water business? Maybe Chicago isn’t the best place to start. Since we have an abundant supply of water in Lake Michigan, Chicagoans really don’t think twice about using too much. These two projects aren’t letting […]