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How lighthouses saved countless ships throughout history
For centuries, the world's oceans served as the primary highways of trade, exploration, and communication. Long before modern navigation systems existed, sailors faced enormous challenges when ...
The Grand Haven Entrance Light and Whitefish Point Light Station will undergo critical restoration work thanks to grants from ...
The winds howled and the waves crashed 100 feet below as J.P. Pelletier, a burly union ironworker from Buffalo, New York, inched his way out onto dizzying scaffolding near the top of Pigeon Point ...
A historic Ohio lighthouse set on the shores of Lake Erie will soon have a new caretaker. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will transfer stewardship of the four-story-high Cleveland ...
A view of Lake Michigan inside the Peninsula Point Lighthouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Photo by Keith Dunlap (GMG) Ever had the chance to live out one of your child’s school projects in person?
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Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse opens to the public
Members of the public can now visit the 120-year-old Eldred Rock Lighthouse after years of renovation work by volunteers ...
The Lighthouse bed and breakfast in Two Harbors held an open house on Friday April 18th ahead of their May opening. The Lake County historical society is in the midst of a $40,000 fundraising campaign ...
Waves crash against the St. George Reef Lighthouse in October 2021. The inactive lighthouse, about six miles off the coast of Crescent City, Calif., was first illuminated on Oct. 20, 1892. John ...
A historic lighthouse in Connecticut is available to certain entities, according to the U.S. General Services Administration. The GSA issued a notice of availability for the Stratford Point Lighthouse ...
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