Nearly one century after the Absecon Lighthouse last beamed warnings to sailors across the water, the historic landmark in ...

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, closed for safety since 2001 when an iron structural element fell off the tower, is undergoing an extensive renovation for nearly $20 million, funded by both a grant from the ...

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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 ...

A photo of the Mohawk Island lighthouse on Lake Erie shows the isolation that the lighthouse keeper experienced during his time at the lighthouse during the talk Erie Lights & Lighthouse Lore on ...

HUNTING ISLAND — Few features on our contemporary landscape have been more romanticized than lighthouses. Maybe it's that they're perched at the edge of the world. Maybe it's the nurturing nature of ...

Since Louisiana has long operated as a vital port state, with its network of deep-draft, coastal and inland ports, there are numerous lighthouses located along channels and banks. Lighthouses are ...