Lighthouses have aided sea navigation for centuries. Among the earliest was one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pharos of Alexandria in Egypt. Dating back to circa 280 B.C., ...

Our country’s history of helping sailors navigate North American waters dates all the way back to 1673, when, according to the United States Lighthouse Society, a beacon was hoisted in Nantasket (now ...

Lighthouses of the Northern Seas is a beautiful map of glimmering coastlines at night, a cloudless world where everything but the lighthouses are turned off. It shows 23,217 lights, separated into ...

Halfway between New Rochelle and Sands Point, in the Long Island Sound, an old lighthouse stands 1,400 feet from shore, ruled by a flock of seagulls and haunted by a grisly legacy dating back to the ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Lake Erie is no doubt a welcoming place for boating, fishing and swimming. But how about this for a change of pace! Dotted along the shoreline are dozens of beautiful and historic ...

Michigan Lake Superior lighthouses in the Upper Peninsula, including the historic Whitefish Point, the remote Crisp Point, ...

From Maine to Connecticut, the often treacherously rocky New England coast is laced with a network of historic lighthouses. Many of these literal beacons are still in use and some are available for ...

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Lighthouses have served as navigational aids for centuries. But now that modern day GPS exists, they primarily serve to brighten up shores with their beauty. Here are 25 of the most beautiful ...