The 1940s after World War II was the beginning of the largest housing boom South San Francisco was to experience. During the ...

Tucked away in the heart of Iowa's Great Lakes region is one of the most beautiful lakes in the Midwest, Lake Okoboji. This low-key lakeside destination packs in plenty of outdoor fun, family ...

Zip-O-Log Mills, a family-owned company since 1944, is undergoing a major expansion to increase production by 50%. The upgrades will allow the Eugene-based mill to process smaller logs in response to ...

After a plan to convert the shuttered Gillian's Wonderland Pier site into a luxury resort was rejected this summer, the owner of the former Ocean City, New Jersey, amusement pier called for the site ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --A New York woman's afro was certified as the world's largest -- measuring 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference -- and she was officially crowned by her predecessor. Aevin Dugas, who ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

Think of the largest and most iconic sculptures on the planet. Do the Statue of Liberty in New York or Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro come to mind? Now, an even taller statue has debuted: the ...

Now that we can speak about the Miami Seaquarium in past tense — it was a theme park before its recent closing — let’s look back at other old South Florida attractions. See the snakes at the ...

SRP hopes a huge flume on the Verde River watershed will help measure the flow of water more accurately. The flume will be able to melt ice in the winter, solving a problem SRP has dealt with when ...

Stanley Falls, a beloved flume ride at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, is closing permanently this weekend after 52 years spent cooling off countless visitors. Since its opening in 1973 as one of the park’s ...

Shelf Life: Icebergs are large masses of frozen freshwater that measure at least 15 meters in length. The largest ones typically break off from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica before slowly melting ...

The world’s largest cruise ship set sail on its maiden voyage over the weekend. The Star of the Seas, the new crown jewel of Royal Caribbean’s sprawling fleet, departed from Florida’s Port Canaveral ...