Very few people know what it was like to live and work in a lighthouse, stationed in the outermost reaches of the country, tasked with keeping a lifesaving navigational aid alight. However, the hardy ...

The Last Keeper Departs Coast Guard lighthouse automation has been ongoing for decades, marking the end of an era that ...

Matt Rosenberg, a full-time English teacher, commutes by paddleboat to maintain a Maine lighthouse. Rosenberg values the peace and tradition of lighthouse keeping despite its physical demands.

A history of the original Currituck Beach Lighthouse keepers is being written ahead of the historic landmark's 150th anniversary COROLLA, N.C. — The story of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse goes back ...

On an exceptionally calm fall morning, Scott Dombrowski walked down an old dock toward a small dinghy. He looked out over the waters of Cape Porpoise, Maine, and commented on how still the water was ...

It was not a fun job, and it didn’t pay well, either. But the dozens of men who worked as keepers of the historic Hillsboro Lighthouse in Hillsboro Beach devoted their lives to the security of ...

It’s a privilege and a responsibility to be surrounded by water, and no one fulfills that duty like lighthouse keepers. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, celebrated on Aug. 7, Michigan lighthouse ...

For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific ...

ALGER COUNTY, MI -- Here’s a home renovation you won’t find on the HGTV: replastering a lighthouse keeper’s station built in 1909 using horse hair. Park staff are rehabilitating the plaster of the ...