RMS Lusitania was one of the most advanced and recognizable ocean liners ever built, earning the nickname "The Greyhound of ...

Attendees filled the main room and part of an overflow room at the McFaddin-Ward House on June 11 for historian Brian ...

Americans are no strangers to big engines. The biggest engine ever fitted to a production car – Cadillac's 500-cubic-inch V8 — hails from the U.S., and bigger engines still would likely have followed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Once the pride of a nation and a symbol of American ingenuity, ...

Ocean liners might not be the quickest way to get from one place to another, but they've often been the most luxurious. This is no accident. These luxury vessels were designed to be so impressive the ...

While the RMS Titanic is, by far, the most storied ocean liner in history, the most storied ocean liner in United States history is, likely, the aptly named SS United States. Built ...

Before the advent of jets like the de Havilland Comet and Boeing's iconic 707 in the 1950s, overseas travel was accomplished almost exclusively by ship. These simple Point A to Point B journeys — such ...

The Queen Mary is one of Long Beach’s top tourist attractions. But before coming to the West Coast, the opulent art deco ocean liner criss-crossed the Atlantic for decades and had an impressive ...

Dan Rounds and Elizabeth Fowle maintain a daily routine of walking to the East End of Dauphin Island to watch the sunrise. Their routine had a lot more company on Monday, as a large group flocked for ...