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 ...

WHITEHALL, Mich. — When summer arrives, West Michigan’s beaches come to mind, often accompanied by visions of picturesque lighthouses. One such spot is the historic White River Light Station in ...

Nonprofits are currently seeking volunteers at Michigan lighthouses across the Great Lakes. Here's how to get involved.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ladies bearing light. It's a familiar image — whether it's Florence Nightingale and her lamp, the Statue of Liberty and her torch, ...

This summer, you may have been drawn to the shore, lakeside or oceanside, and pulled in to explore the majesty of a lighthouse. Villanova University communications professor Shauna MacDonald loves ...

EAST TAWAS, MI -- Jutting out between Tawas Bay and Lake Huron, Tawas Point is ever evolving as the shoreline ebbs and flows ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Transformative Travel: I look at how travel can change lives. This article is more than 2 years old. In 2022, Rich Cucé—a father ...

For 20 years, Sally Snowman has kept watch over Boston Light, which first illuminated Boston Harbor in 1716. She's the country's last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper and is retiring at the end of 2023.

From one tip of Florida to the other, the coast is studded with historic lighthouses located in spectacular sites.

Robbins Reef, more affectionately known as Kate's Light, is possibly one of the most iconic lighthouses around Staten Island. Constructed in 1839 and rebuilt in 1883, it's light was 56 feet above the ...

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 ...