The original fifth-order Fresnel lens that illuminated the 1858 Michigan City light and the 1904 Pierhead light are both on display in the Old Lighthouse Museum. On July 1, 1939, the U.S. Coast ...

A northern Michigan group is working to restore a historic lighthouse. Now, they’re not only fighting Mother Nature and ...

(Matt Jaworowski/WOOD TV8) Frances Marshall was Michigan’s last female lighthouse keeper ... She was 89 years old. Her legacy at the White River Light still lives on through the museum, which ...

He won the bidding for the 142-year-old light in September 2015 ... Some work is also needed on four other lighthouses in northern Lake Michigan that are being auctioned off as part of the ...

ALPENA, MI – A new weather camera on this iconic Northern Michigan lighthouse ... the 111-year-old light stands at the mouth of Thunder Bay River. First built in 1877 out of wood, it is said ...

WHITEHALL, MI -- Michigan’s ... officer stationed at the lighthouse. The work was not glamorous. She later told The Muskegon Chronicle she “had to paste wax the wood floors on my hands and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Did you know that Aug. 7 is National Lighthouse Day? The national holiday was passed by Congress in 1989, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the act that ...

The federal government says a historic lighthouse ... Michigan. Humidity and rain are keeping the fire under control on Poverty Island, but the fire continues to smolder in crevices, roots and old ...

MICHIGAN CITY — The pop-up exhibit at the LaPorte County Historical Society Museum celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Old Lighthouse Museum. The exhibit, set up in the front corner of the ...

A historic, 68-foot-tall lighthouse, in a remote part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is for sale. But, before you start dreaming about turning the more than a century-old structure into a home ...