That’s the Marblehead Lighthouse in a nutshell – a gleaming white sentinel on Lake Erie’s shore that somehow remains Ohio’s best maritime treasure hiding in plain sight. Standing tall since 1821, this ...

Fought over by Confederate and Union soldiers, this landmark has played an important role in South Texas' history.

Ore and a rotating volunteer team of three to nine assistant lighthouse keepers are taking care of the light station which sits about 90 minutes out from shore on a landing all its own.

The restored Greens Ledge Lighthouse, ... like Loughborough kept the light on at Greens Ledge from 1902 until 1972, when its prism-like Fresnel lens was replaced with an automated rotating light.

The lighthouse has stood in Killough for over 180 years and was used as a marker on a test run for the Titanic. Similar planned changes to the light source proposed in 2015 were also met with ...

Built in 1859, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse was the first of North Carolina’s tall brick lighthouses and the model for those at Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island and Currituck Beach.

The rotating white beacon light, 113 feet above the lake surface, is one of the brightest on the Great Lakes. It can be seen by ships more than 20 miles away and operates from a half hour before ...

The lighthouse kept plugging along until the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. “The light itself was extinguished at the start of World War II, so that the areas wouldn’t be attractive to any ...

Each lighthouse has its own unique light pattern, Gales said. Point Wilson’s is steady light followed by flashes of red every 20 seconds, Carter said. USLS had to publish a notice to mariners when it ...

There are three sets of rotating statues hidden around the Courtyard of the Lighthouse. Image credit: Bioware/VG247 First, climb the stairs next to the entrance to the main Lighthouse’s interior.

A revolving light was also installed in the lighthouse. These items were done in memory of Tim Jacobson, a former village trustee and chairman of the Chautauqua County 4th of July Celebration ...