MANTEO, N.C. (WNCN) — An iconic North Carolina lighthouse is getting a makeover. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, known for its black and white spiraling paint and red brick base, is covered with scaffolding ...

Lighthouses have been the beacon of light for more than 100 years that symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. On Aug. 9, 1789, Congress approved an Act for the establishment and ...

Her cane at her side, Maria DaCuhna sat on the park bench outside the Barnegat Lighthouse recently waiting for her husband to descend, when a Maryland couple introduced themselves. In the short time ...

From atop a jagged ocean cliff, I watched as the sunset softened into an afterglow. Dozens of pelicans glided over the water. Salt spray rose from surly waves. Above, a 30-foot lighthouse began ...

The last lighthouse keeper in the U. S. tends the Boston Light Beacon on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor. After two decades on the job, Sally Snowman plans to retire this month at age 72 ...

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 ...

POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS, Calif. — Winds howl, elephant seals bark and researchers scurry over tide pools here, but the abundant signs of life have long failed to benefit the lighthouse. The 127-year-old ...

TWO HARBORS — Split Rock Lighthouse will shine its beacon Wednesday night in honor of the late Gordon Lightfoot. It's a rare honor: The beacon is seldom lit, with an annual exception being Nov. 10 to ...

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 ...

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 ...