Editor’s Note: This story originally published on December 23, 2024. It has been updated to reflect recent developments. President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US ...

One woman’s lifelong connection to the Erie Canal, told from her home beside the lock. Step inside a personal canal-side museum in Lyons, NY, where one woman shares her vivid memories of growing up ...

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - The 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, hailed at the time as one of the world's great wonders, has inspired a celebration in central Florida to showcase the ...

PANAMA CITY, Panama—A Chinese cultural center on the outskirts of Panama City was busy with people coming and going on a Wednesday afternoon in March, a reminder of China’s long history in the region.

President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali -- and plans ...

Every so often, a piece of history illuminates from the shadows of obscurity that lets us see the past with fresh eyes — like this recently-found diagram of the Wabash and Erie Canal, once the ...

Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and ...

More than 200 years ago, the Erie Canal opened the way for westward expansion in New York State. Today, the historical marvel is known as a major tourist destination and recreational resource. The ...

The Democrat and Chronicle, part of the USA TODAY Network, is publishing in America’s 250 th anniversary year a history-oriented book titled "The Canal That Changed America," a commemorative book ...

The Democrat and Chronicle, part of the USA TODAY Network, is publishing in America’s 250th anniversary year a history-oriented book titled "The Canal That Changed America," a commemorative book about ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal Zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay — and life. “Separate schools, clubhouses, commissaries, etc., ...

Today, 80 percent of the population of Upstate New York lives within 25 miles of the Erie Canal, yet in much of the public’s imagination, the canal remains confined to the past. The Erie Canal ...