In the early 1830s, heeding the requests of mariners both ancient and otherwise, Congress approved the building of a lighthouse on Assateague Island. There is still a lighthouse there, and it’s a ...

Two lighthouses on Lake Pontchartrain, once a vital part of the maritime landscape, are still beacons for curious tourists and locals who love New Orleans history.

In 2019, I celebrated 10 years of having the privilege to lead the Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. Looking back to 2009, economic times were bleak; but seeds of hope had been planted in ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Two iconic lighthouses serve as beacons of history along the Charleston, South Carolina coast. Congress passed an act which protects all lighthouses, beacons, and buoys on ...

New stamps a testimony to the allure of lighthouses in mythology of American history One stamp will honor Boston Light%2C the oldest lighthouse in the nation Boston Light has the nation%27s only light ...

A 7-mile peninsula juts out into Lake Erie from the city of Erie, forming a magnificent natural harbor called Presque Isle Bay. Today, two active lighthouses protect the ships plying Lake Erie. The ...

Lighthouses might have lost some of their functionality in the 21st century, but some that remain can draw visitors like moths. Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating Great Lakes ...

DULUTH — Split Rock Lighthouse, which annually honors the lost crewmembers of the doomed Edmund Fitzgerald, will this time shine its light for Gordon Lightfoot — who captured the tale of the tragic ...

BOSTON - Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America's shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at ...

A conference at which a new five-year plan to harness the global appeal of Ireland’s lighthouses has heard how lighthouse tourism here has already become “a beacon of hope” for remote but beautiful ...