After centuries of being lost to the sea, thelegendary Lighthouse of Alexandria is slowly being brought back into the ...

There’s such a compelling idea in exploring the terror of isolation, compounded by the responsibility of manning something as critical to other people’s survival ...

EAST TAWAS, MI -- Jutting out between Tawas Bay and Lake Huron, Tawas Point is ever evolving as the shoreline ebbs and flows with lake levels. Nearly a mile back from the shoreline, though, stands a ...

More than 2,000 lighthouses large and small watch over Norway’s fractal, rocky coast. Some have stood for centuries, guiding mariners through treacherous seas and safely to port. Now they all must be ...

FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio — From the shore, the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse is a bit of a mystery. A lone structure painted crisp white its bright red roof surrounded by the swells of Lake ...

“From dense fogs and other circumstances, lenticular lights of the greatest size and effective lights should be established on the coast, and with elevated towers, so as to be seen at great distances.

A lighthouse has guided mariners in Sheboygan since 1839, with the first one built on North Point bluff. The original lighthouse location was discontinued in 1873 because it sometimes caused ships to ...