About 300 swimmers participated in the event, marveling at the clean water and festive atmosphere. Event organizers say ...

For the first time in nearly a century, hundreds of swimmers plunged into the Chicago River over the weekend. Here's why.

Rolex used the opportunity to test the newly patented waterproof Oyster by having Gleitze wear it during the swim, and used ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

Under its immaculate vault, soft light streams over a now silent pool. Once a temple to swimming, La Piscine de Roubaix has ...

CHICAGO – Every year, the plumbers' union dyes it green. The Dave Matthews Band once infamously dumped 800 pounds of poop into it. And at least one section became known for the bubbles produced by ...

The beauty and wonder of the Ozark Mountains sits just outside this retirement destination, which boasts access to outdoor ...

Mercedes Gleitze’s Rolex Oyster survived more than 10 hours submerged in sea water when she undertook her ‘vindication swim’ of 1927.

2023: Twenty-three-year-old Kelvin Kiptum set a world record in the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:35. Kiptum ran to the grandstand, where he hugged Khalid Khannouchi, who became the last man to ...

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This $7.3 million home in Los Feliz's Laughlin Park was once a duplex, but now it spans five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, plus a guest house.