Pirates have been romanticized in popular culture for more than a century. We get our ideas about what pirates were like from sources such as the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, “Treasure Island,” the ...

Give a man an eye patch, a hoop earring, a flowing shirt, and a bandanna, and you begin to create an image. Throw in a cocked hat, peg leg, and parrot, and you remove all doubt. We imagine pirates in ...

Grab your eye patch and peg leg: the Great Lakes Pirate Festival is returning to Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City this summer. The Mackinac Island Ferry Company said the festival will take place ...

More Pictures:Gasparilla Parade 2011Of course, a captain, "Peg Leg Pete. He's our, forefather, he's our founding member," says Hocter.But maybe the most important thing to have, for this krewe anyway, ...