CHICAGO (CBS) -- Every New Year's Day as sure as noisemakers at midnight, the Polar Plunge makes the news in the Chicago area and beyond. The Polar Plunge has been around for a long time. But back in ...

If you ever wanted to scuba dive to a Lake Michigan shipwreck, Wisconsin's national marine sanctuary has the hook up − quite literally. The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary has ...

Cincinnatians battle over the “best” Michigan beaches with the same vigor we deploy when comparing chili parlors. You’ll find lots of sandy escapes up and down the Lake Michigan coast, from Grand ...

In four decades of news work, I'd never reported from underwater. Last month, I donned a wetsuit and dived under Lake Michigan, a few miles off the Upper Peninsula. My guides took me to within inches ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite a Winter Storm Warning and arctic temperatures, a group of surfers took to Lake Michigan before it froze over completely for the winter. Clad in wet suits that covered their ...

When the weather gets cold and Lake Michigan freezes over the beaches of West Michigan become a lot less crowded. That leaves plenty of room for people hoping to take a nice, refreshing mid-March swim ...