On Ohio’s Lake Erie shore near Fairport Harbor, this 42-foot breakwater lighthouse has become a bucket-list stop, with ...

Mayor Ryan Sorenson shared the city received an application to take over ownership of the lighthouse after submitting a ...

BOSTON - Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America's shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at ...

Lighthouses have guided mariners safely home for centuries, with the first lighthouse reportedly constructed in ancient Egypt (although it was later destroyed). Although GPS is now in everything from ...

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or another type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland ...

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 ...

Listed on both the state and federal registries of historical places, the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse was once considered an “engineering marvel” when built in the 1870s. Kathleen Tan, board member with ...

SCITUATE − A dramatic step in the restoration of Scituate Light is expected in the coming weeks when its 92-year-old restored lantern room will be hoisted into the air and returned to the top of the ...

The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which lead ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Poplar Point Lighthouse shines again, after 142 years in darkness. Owners Russell and Cathy Shippee relit the tower on Christmas night with family and neighbors gathered nearby.