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One less cruise line will ply the Mississippi River this summer, bringing fewer ships and passengers to Minnesota ports. American Queen Voyages, one of three cruise lines touring the Upper and Lower ...

American Cruise Lines has solidified its status as the Mississippi River’s — and the country’s — busiest river cruise provider with its purchase of all four classic paddlewheeler ships from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — The American Queen Voyages ships ...

The American Queen Voyages cruise company, which traveled the rivers, lakes and oceans of North America from Canada to Mexico — including stops in St. Paul — has ceased operation and canceled all ...

The Queens are dead. The Majestic America Line's flagship sternwheel riverboats, the American Queen and the Mississippi Queen, will not cruise the big rivers of the central United States this year.

My recent weeklong Mississippi River cruise on the American Queen took me back through history on the last overnight steam paddlewheeler plying the muddy waters between New Orleans and Memphis.

A trip up or down the Mississippi River on a riverboat cruise offers many sights and sounds of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and more. There's food, culture, history and music aplenty.

A new Mississippi River cruise boat will start calling on Baton Rouge and New Orleans beginning in October. The American Song, a 184-passenger vessel will begin sailing on Oct. 6, with a trip from New ...

The enchanting Mississippi River cruises are perfect for warm August breezes, where you can drift past historic river towns, hear blues and jazz echo off the banks, and relax in comfort aboard ...

Can’t decide between a cruise vacation and a road trip to visit a variety of small towns and big cities across the U.S.? Why not do both? The cruise company American Queen Voyages offers cruises ...