The Point Reyes peninsula, the windiest location on the Pacific Coast and the second-foggiest place on the North American continent, has been the scene of hundreds of shipwrecks dating from the ...

Lighthouses worldwide tend to look pretty similar, down to the red and white stripes painted on them. Is there any specific ...

Lighthouses have been the beacon of light for more than 100 years that symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. On Aug. 9, 1789, Congress approved an Act for the establishment and ...

Her cane at her side, Maria DaCuhna sat on the park bench outside the Barnegat Lighthouse recently waiting for her husband to descend, when a Maryland couple introduced themselves. In the short time ...

Set sail along Maine’s coast in September, with lighthouse tours and sunset journeys that capture the season’s brilliance.

In 2019, I celebrated 10 years of having the privilege to lead the Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. Looking back to 2009, economic times were bleak; but seeds of hope had been planted in ...

The last lighthouse keeper in the U. S. tends the Boston Light Beacon on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor. After two decades on the job, Sally Snowman plans to retire this month at age 72 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Two iconic lighthouses serve as beacons of history along the Charleston, South Carolina coast. Congress passed an act which protects all lighthouses, beacons, and buoys on ...

WEBVTT ONLY YOU CAN STAY IN. >> HALF THE FUN IS THE GETTING THERE. SOMETIMES BY LAND, SOMETIMES BY SEA. THE JOURNEY IS ON A RIDE GOOD ROAD ENDING ON A PENINSULA KNOWN AS THE GARNISH TO THOSE LIVING IN ...

The oldest lighthouse in Maine, Portland Head Light was funded by the General Court of Massachusetts and the United States ...

When most people think of Minnesota Lighthouses, they immediately go to Split Rock Lighthouse. But lighthouses are scattered all over Minnesota, including St. Paul. One of the best parts is seeing how ...