If you’re interested in lighthouses and history, you’re going to want to check out Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. This lighthouse was established in 1871. It sits on a small island in the Providence ...

You'll also learn about the lighthouse's past inhabitants, like Tommy, who became known as "Pomham Light's Diving Cat" because he was so adept at catching fish from the rocks.

The first lighthouse in Wisconsin was built on Rock Island in Door County. Throughout the 1800s, the Great Lakes saw a significant increase in shipping traffic, which meant more lighthouses were ...

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. — The Rock of Ages Lighthouse is one of the most remote structures on Lake Superior. Considered the gatekeeper to Isle Royale National Park, it’s more than twenty miles ...

A look at the isolated, storm-battered lighthouse on Tillamook Rock. Tillamook Rock is home to the notorious "Terrible Tillie" lighthouse. Built in 1879, the lighthouse warned ships away from ...

Split Rock Lighthouse casts a beam of light in the twilight over Lake Superior during the annual beacon-lighting ceremony in memory of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank Nov. 10, 1975 ...

By the time Split Rock Light Station was completed, workers had spent thirteen months on the desolate cliff, with a break only during the worst months of winter. The light was lit on July 31, 1910.

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse was decommissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard in the 1970s and purchased by ExxonMobil, but now belongs to a nonprofit group. Located about 800 feet from the mainland, the ...

Restoration work at Split Rock Lighthouse uncovered long-lost pieces of the site’s construction. Archaeologists uncovered ...

Split Rock Lighthouse was spun from a dark day. “Split Rock was born out of a – really, actually a horrific storm in 1905,” Keeper Hayes Scriven said.

Split Rock Lighthouse was officially decommissioned and closed in 1969. The 1910 structure, including the lightkeeper's house , is open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week.