St. George Reef, California's most remote lighthouse reopens to the public
The lighthouse stands atop a sheer rock surrounded by nothing but the cold, churning Pacific, six miles off the foggy coast of Del Norte County.
It can be accessed only by helicopter and has been mostly abandoned for 50 years.
Click here to see more of St. George Reef on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Mississippi has 2 lighthouses still standing. Here's where to see them
Visitors to the Gulf Coast can make memories visiting and snapping photos in front of Mississippi lighthouses.
There uses to be at least 10 lighthouses that helped keep ships and boats safe at night alone the coast and in the passages between barrier island. Now, only two are still standing.
Click here to see more of Mississippi's lighthouses on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Withernsea Lighthouse, UK, to celebrate town's high achievers
A lighthouse museum is to honour talented people from its East Yorkshire home.
Withernsea Lighthouse has been awarded £3,000 by the Humber Museums Partnership for an exhibition called Stories from the Seaside.
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Terrified dogs found abandoned at East Bank Lighthouse, UK
Two dogs were found "wet through to the skin and freezing" after being abandoned at a remote lighthouse.
The "terror-type" dogs, thought to be about two years old, were discovered at Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, at about midnight on 25 January, the RSPCA said.
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Lighthouse fans find their way to the Fresnel Lens
On Saturday evening dozens of Vineyarders gathered at the Martha's Vineyard Museum to witness a rare event that in the 19th century and early 20th century was a nightly occurrence.
Called Keeping the Light, the event was a celebration, and lighting, of the 170-year-old Fresnel lens that operated in the Gay Head lighthouse for almost 100 years, beginning in 1856. The lens was retired in 1952 and has been in the care of the museum ever since.
Click here to see more of Gay Head on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Trivia Night will benefit New Dungeness Lighthouse, WA
To kick off the countdown to America's 250th anniversary, the New Dungeness Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and George Washington Speaks will host a community Trivia Night fundraiser from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 28.
The event will be held at Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim.
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Restoration work begins later this month at Split Rock Lighthouse, MN
The Minnesota Historical Society is beginning restoration work at Split Rock Lighthouse. The months long project will include replacing damaged masonry and installing sensors to monitor moisture data.
Split Rock Lighthouse was built in the aftermath of a late-November 1905 storm that wrecked dozens of ships on Lake Superior.
Click here to see more of Split Rock on the USLHS Research Catalog
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It's a lighthouse, not a dark house
One of the great perks of being a grandfather is that you get asked questions no executive committee would ever think to raise.
This week, my six-year-old grandson was in my office. Behind my desk sit several books about the ocean and a handful of lighthouse collectables I've gathered over the years.
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Six-digit Plum Beach Lighthouse, RI, license plates now available
A lighthouse from the past is now being launched into the future in more ways than one, thanks to a few folks determines to preserve history and thousands of license plates.
Since their debut in 2010, the Plum Beach Lighthouse charity license plates have been one of the most popular custom plate designs across Rhode Island.
Click here to see more of Plum Beach on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Keepers of the light: The women of Point Pinos Lighthouse, CA
When the Point Pinos Lighthouse became operational in 1855, it was a grey granite in a sea of sand, twisted trees and howling wind.
Grizzly bears were known to stumble through the grounds, and provisions were brought to the facility by a mule-drawn wagon that took almost a full day to plow through the sands and windswept terrain from Monterey to the light station.
Click here to see more of Point Pinos on the USLHS Research Catalog
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