The Quote of the Day by John F. Kennedy shares a strong message about courage and communication. It explains why leaders should not act out of fear but should still talk to solve conflicts. Kennedys ...

The tomols offer a way to understand a way of life before it was devastated by colonization. The boat is a time machine. It's 28-feet-long and sits outside a Ventura art gallery. The flat-bottomed ...

The rural California town of Weed hits hard times, California's wine industry is being crushed and more big stories ...

The 'big blue' crane, built in Manitowoc, is nearing its destination at a US naval base in Washington state after a months-long journey across oceans.

During World War II in 1943, small American PT boats challenged Japan’s deadly control of night warfare in the Pacific. Crewed by volunteer sailors and built of wood, these fragile vessels attacked ...

The Cavite Naval Yard was located eight miles south of Manila. The yard was positioned on the Sangley Point peninsula. The peninsula extended or jutted out from Cavite Province into Manila and Canacao ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Achieving a 100-year milestone is a remarkable accomplishment that places an individual in an elite group of “centenarians.” The milestone presents an opportunity to honor a ...

Why PT boat crews stripped guns from crashed P-39 Airacobras during WW2 — and destroyed over 800 Japanese vessels. This World War 2 story reveals how a desperate field modification became ...

A message in a bottle thrown from a New Jersey fishing boat in 1971 was found 54 years later in the Bahamas. The note was discovered by Clint Buffington, a Utah man who has found nearly 150 messages ...

In World War II, a Japanese attack sank the PT boat commanded by a young John F. Kennedy. We recount the harrowing aftermath, Kennedy’s leadership in rescuing his crew, and how this episode became a ...

Four historic "tall ship" sailing vessels known as schooners are visiting Detroit this weekend, providing visitors a chance to see and feel how the world traveled two centuries ago. As part of the ...