The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 25. The M/V ...

Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25.

Mississippi River cruises have surged in popularity in recent decades, especially among travelers looking to enjoy guided tours of historical cities and towns across the American Midwest and South.

MEMPHIS -- As the American Queen paddle wheeler steams toward the city early one morning last week, all eyes turn toward Richard and Suzanne Martinez, who are strolling onto the boat's forward deck ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smoke stacks and ...

The downtown St. Paul area — which will have the loosest requirements around building heights — is considered the “urban core ...

Join us for a seven-day, all-inclusive luxury cruise on the Viking Mississippi, traveling from New Orleans, Louisiana to ...

The Mississippi River’s connection to Louisiana is existential. The river built the land on which many of us reside. As long ...

During a recent hearing of the U.S. House Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee, lawmakers considered the merits of ...

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list of concerns are converging, particularly involving the Mississippi Gulf ...