More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming the city it is today.

Bruges, or Brugge in Dutch, is the capital and largest city of West Flanders in northwest Belgium. Once a thriving seaport, ...

Initially, the canal was just 4 feet deep and 40 feet wide, but it cut through fields and forests, cliffs and swamps, and ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

BOISE, Idaho — Construction has begun on a $20.9 million modernization project for the Ridenbaugh Diversion Dam, which supplies water to landowners throughout the Treasure Valley. Crews broke ground ...

A Polish woman vacationing in Italy had quite a fall, er, tall tale to tell her friends — in case they missed it on Instagram. Wiktoria Guzenda shared video of her holding her phone as she walked down ...

A Polish tourist’s attempt to poke fun at Google Maps’ notoriously bad navigation in Venice went viral after the bit ended with her plunging straight into a canal. The traveler, Wika Guzenda, was ...

Many users couldn't help but poke fun at the tourist's mishap. An Instagram video showing a Polish tourist taking an unexpected plunge into a canal in Venice has gone viral. The clip captures Wiktoria ...

The much-awaited proposal for rehabilitation of PAP (Parambikulam Aliyar Project) Canal System has been forwarded by the Water Resources Department (WRD) to the State government for approval, ...

The Panama Canal Authority is offering shippers a more flexible system for booking passage through the waterway so that customers can better align transit with changing market conditions. Instead of ...

The Roza Irrigation District stopped delivering water to its users Wednesday after exhausting its supply this year. The district, which supplies water to 72,000 acres of fruit trees and other crops in ...

Pakistan ranks among top 10 most climate-vulnerable nations but contributes less than 1 percent of global emissions.