Baton Rouge is just one of many flavorful stops along a Viking cruise through the American South. On board, the ship’s pale ...

The Mississippi River is home to one of North America’s most formidable reptilian apex predators: the American alligator.

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, ...

An intimate Mississippi River voyage proves that for culture-loving travelers, less onboard flash can mean a far richer ...

The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the ...

The bridge over the Mississippi River connects Wisconsin and Iowa. After a delay lasting over an hour-and-a-half, the bridge imploded after 11 a.m. A loud boom was accompanied by plumes of smoke as ...

Successful demolition of the nearly century-old Lansing Bridge also provided researchers from Purdue University useful performance data on structural redundance of fracture-critical members.

Early-bird New Year's Eve fireworks will light up the Mississippi River tonight, with a family-friendly 6:30 p.m. show ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in Washington ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — We talk a lot about the water levels on the Mississippi River. Sometimes the river runs high, sometimes it runs low, like it has in recent days. When we communicate how ...

Roy Benn, 59, had been missing until his skeletonized remains were found in the Mississippi River this past August ...