So let’s say that you, along with fourteen others, have paid your money (a year in advance) to a tour organizer for a seven lighthouse dream trip to the Orkney Islands, and are anticipating it with all the enthusiasm of a dedicated pharologist. But then the unthinkable happens, and six months later the organizer backs out. What do you do? Continue Reading...

A private but active lighthouse on Lake Winnebago is possibly headed for the Neenah Register of Historic Places. One of four lighthouses on the lake in Wisconsin, it was constructed in 1945 as a landmark for yacht races on the lake. Continue Reading...

Rich Anderson, of Truro, MA, converted his love for Highland Lighthouse into a working model. And not just any old model. It’s eight feet tall at its highest, and lights up and rotates. So what’s so special about it? Lots of people have decorative outdoor lighthouses, right? Continue Reading...

When we think of lighthouses in art, our minds naturally tend to photographs and paintings. But rarely do we ever think of statues and art and lighthouses in the same breath. After all, lighthouses are statues of a sort. Continue Reading...

Are you a former lighthouse keeper from Cape Lookout Lighthouse? Or a former member of one of the three life saving stations on the cape? Or a descendant of one? Or served at the site as a Coast Guardsman? If so you might want to plan a visit to a celebration honoring these people at Cape Lookout National Seashore (NC) this fall. Continue Reading...

Once again, lighthouses provide a comprehensive learning experience for students. This time at Brendel Elementary School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Combining history, geography, science and old fashioned creativity, fourth graders used everything from Pringles cans to toothpicks to build their favorite Michigan lighthouse. Continue Reading...