Decommissioned by Coast Guard in 1935, the Grosse Point Lighthouse still operates as a private navigational aid by the city of Evanston, as well as a historical museum. There are even modern ghost ...

A photograph in an upstairs room shows him lowering the flag for the last time in 1974, when the lighthouse was decommissioned by the Coast Guard. "It was bittersweet," he recalled. Tardiff was 19 ...

The first Ocracoke lighthouse was built on Shell Island ... Active Aid to Navigation; owned by United States Coast Guard; optic maintained by the local Coast Guard Auxiliary; dwelling and grounds ...

Like a long-awaited Christmas present, volunteers and staff at the Custom House Maritime Museum spent some of Thursday ...

When most people think of Minnesota Lighthouses, they immediately go to Split Rock Lighthouse. But lighthouses are scattered ...

A foghorn in Narragansett has been sounding on repeat, every 30 seconds for multiple weeks, regardless of weather, neighbors ...

Erected in 1848, it was operated by local Biloxians – including a handful of female lightkeepers – until 1939 when the U.S. Coast Guard adopted the post. Today, the lighthouse has survived the ...

The funds will be used to install educational displays at the South Pier Entrance lighthouse, which is the outermost structure that greets boats as they enter the Grand River channel from Lake ...