Belmont Heights resident Colin D’Amelio recently directed a 31-minute documentary called “The Last Houseboat,” which tells the story of a wooden vessel built in Rhode Island in 1970. The houseboat ...

Sometimes history lies hidden just around the corner. Just south of Washington, D.C., is a graveyard with more than 100 wooden ships that date to World War I — the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.

There's a Maine joke that goes (in a Down East accent): "Well, Bert, how'd you like your trip to California?" "Fine, George, but it's too far from the ocean." Greg Rossel was far from the ocean of ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- They were known as the days of "Wooden Ships and Iron Men." The era takes us to a time when men first ventured out to sea and under sail. The ships were built of wood and ...