The Tawas Point Lighthouse program offers a unique vacation alternative with modern amenities inside a piece of Michigan ...

There was only thing to greet Captain Jim Harvie when his boat docked at a barren lump of rock in 1900 – a lighthouse. Harvie blew the boat’s whistle and shot a flare as he came near the isle on that ...

In 1900, the Flannan Isles lighthouse went dark. When the relief keeper arrived, the three lighthouse keepers were gone in a ...

On an exceptionally calm fall morning, Scott Dombrowski walked down an old dock toward a small dinghy. He looked out over the waters of Cape Porpoise, Maine, and commented on how still the water was ...

Even though lighthouses are now automated, St. Mary's County Museum Division Manager Karen Stone was not going to let the ...

After his retirement as lighthouse keeper on Amelia Island, Tom Sintes' great-grandfather, Thomas Patrick O'Hagan, wrote down some of his memories at the urging of his family. Several excerpts were ...

I’m just in total awe,” says Sally Snowman. The recently retired keeper of Boston Light stands at the top of the lighthouse in an interview captured by artist Jessica Mallios. “You see all the prism ...

A Visit to the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum On a sunlit morning in early February 2024, my wife and I took a tour of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum in St. Augustine, ...