In the days before easy communications, to a ship on the final and perhaps most treacherous part of its voyage, the flash of the lighthouse would have signalled the end of a long journey and safe ...

Atlantic City’s Absecon Lighthouse started that tradition in 2010, inviting people to come out and climb to the top to see the full moon rising. By the next year, Cape May Lighthouse was doing the ...

It was one of Ireland's tallest lighthouses, and for more than 100 years it has stood at the entrance to Belfast Lough, guiding ships safely to shore. Now there are ambitious plans to save Mew Island ...

WIND POINT — Rebecca Kim walked through a narrow brick tunnel Sunday afternoon, looking at the circular metal staircase that loomed before her and disappeared into a dark tower. Kim, 40, of Lake Villa ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared in True North Magazine's Fall/Winter 2011 issue. NORTHEAST MICHIGAN – Like lighthouses? Then have we got a festival for you. The Great Lakes Lighthouse ...

ATLANTIC CITY - Absecon Lighthouse didn't celebrate its 157th birthday by itself Saturday. Whether they knew about the birthday in advance or not, a steady flow of customers visited the lighthouse, ...

This June marks the 26th annual Lighthouse Festival. On June 7-9, Door County will open up selected coastal sentinels for those interested in exploring a significant part of the county’s history.