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 ...

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 ...

A light shines in the lantern room of Alligator Reef Lighthouse Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in the Florida Keys off Islamorada, Fla. Established in 1873, and named after a U.S. Navy schooner that ran ...

Listed on both the state and federal registries of historical places, the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse was once considered an “engineering marvel” when built in the 1870s. Kathleen Tan, board member with ...

Mayor Ryan Sorenson shared the city received an application to take over ownership of the lighthouse after submitting a ...

The U.S. government is not going to give you a free lighthouse — unless you are a state or local government or a lighthouse-preservation-oriented nonprofit. But you can buy one. And they aren't as ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Poplar Point Lighthouse shines again, after 142 years in darkness. Owners Russell and Cathy Shippee relit the tower on Christmas night with family and neighbors gathered nearby.

She’s done bringing home the beacon. The last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper in the United States ended her watch at the historic Boston Light after two decades at the helm. Sally Snowman, 72, became ...

Lighthouses have guided mariners safely home for centuries, with the first lighthouse reportedly constructed in ancient Egypt (although it was later destroyed). Although GPS is now in everything from ...

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 ...

Land Court, at least in the case of Graves Light lighthouse, is a lot like a history lesson. Graves Ledge, the land at issue where the lighthouse sits perched at the entrance of Boston Harbor, was ...