Whether built atop rugged cliffs or tucked beside sandy shores, lighthouses are like living postcards. In America, these ...

The recently restored Greens Ledge Lighthouse, located a mile offshore the Connecticut coast, offers serene overnight stays ...

The traffic of iron ore transformed America into an industrial giant. The U.S. Steel Company owned the largest fleet of ships in the country. The lighthouse also owes its existence to the terrible ...

the oldest lighthouse location in North America; San Diego’s Old Point Loma Lighthouse, the highest lighthouse in the nation; Ocracoke Lighthouse, located in the harbor that was once home to the ...

This lighthouse served as sentry, and for some as sanctuary, during the deadliest hurricane in American history. The lens is visible proof that unlike the sea, light can be mastered by human ...

Hilary Nangle Constructed in the mid-1800s, Bass Harbor Head Light Station is considered one of the most picturesque lighthouses in all of Maine. It even appeared on the America the Beautiful 2012 ...

“Protecting and restoring these lighthouses is a wonderful reminder of the long and important history America has had with our Great Lakes.” In the mid-19th century, the copper rush was on in the ...

“Protecting and restoring these lighthouses is a wonderful reminder of the long and important history America has had with our Great Lakes,” David Younkman, secretary for the Gull Rock Lightkeeper ...