"I would love it if people were lighthouse geeks like me and they wanted to know about the history." Jeff Gales is a self-described "lighthouse geek" who is so passionate about lighthouses he works ...

At the northwestern corner of San Francisco, you can look out to the Pacific and see the stump of a lighthouse about a mile from land, built in the early 1900s after a steamer ship was wrecked in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, museum and grounds feature 5,000 years of regional history, nestled on the banks of the Jupiter ...

The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which lead ...

A photo of the Mohawk Island lighthouse on Lake Erie shows the isolation that the lighthouse keeper experienced during his time at the lighthouse during the talk Erie Lights & Lighthouse Lore on ...

As New Hampshire's only deep water port, the Portsmouth Harbor on the Piscataqua River was an important trading port in colonial America. The success of the port soon lead to the need for a lighthouse ...

Since Louisiana has long operated as a vital port state, with its network of deep-draft, coastal and inland ports, there are numerous lighthouses located along channels and banks. Lighthouses are ...

DOOR COUNTY – Maritime history buffs have three different ways to learn a little more about Door County's deep maritime roots over the next couple of weekends. Here's a quick look at these events in ...

Perched dramatically on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse is an iconic symbol of Minnesota's maritime heritage. Constructed in 1910, it was built in response to a series of ...