The Lake County Historical Society has removed the beacon of the iconic Two Harbors Light Station, located between Burlington and Agate bays. The beacon went dark Nov. 25 due to a failure that ...

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.

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 ...

“Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse” By Eric Jay Dolin. Liveright Publishing/W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2016. 560 pages. $29.95. Stolid and steadfast in the face of Indian ...

With the switch to Daylight Saving Time and longer days, a whiff of spring is in the air as temperatures gently rise and then fall. It means Waukegan Harbor soon will be welcoming big lake ships into ...

Split Rock Lighthouse will host its annual event on Nov. 10, a half-century after the big freighter sank in a violent storm.

HINKLEY — Rumors that the Desert Lighthouse was installed to prepare for the coming oceans or that the project may have associations with nearby military operations makes for entertaining conversation ...

Attendance has been capped and capacity reached in advance for the Nov. 10 ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse, marking 50 ...

SEA GIRT — Anyone who knows Bill Dunn would have thought he knew everything there is to learn about the Sea Girt Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in New Jersey. After writing the book "Sea ...

WASHINGTON — A construction worker, a nanny and a clothing designer walk into a lighthouse. It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but the government couldn’t be happier with the punch line. The ...