There was only thing to greet Captain Jim Harvie when his boat docked at a barren lump of rock in 1900 – a lighthouse. Harvie blew the boat’s whistle and shot a flare as he came near the isle on that ...

Lighthouses were manned by keepers until automation took over. Now, preservationists are working to restore Chicago’s most iconic one. For several months in 1976, John Gach had a unique job. “I’m the ...

On Thursday, Nov. 6, 1913, my grandfather, Charles (Charlie) A. Linsmeier, was sailing on a tugboat enroute from Detroit to Buffalo when the deadliest freshwater storm in history hit the Great Lakes.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Patrick O'Hagan was the Amelia Lighthouse keeper from 1905-1925. He is the great-grandfather of Tom Sintes, who volunteers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Rosenberg, a full-time English teacher, commutes by paddleboat to maintain a Maine lighthouse. Rosenberg values the peace and ...

Reichenbach is the caretaker for the Aransas Pass Light Station. Built in 1855 to mark entry into Corpus Christi Bay, the now privately maintained lighthouse—which is on the National Register of ...

In the uppermost level of the Borden Flats Lighthouse, a third of a mile from land, with a breathtaking view on all sides of Mount Hope Bay, the Fall River cityscape and the Braga Bridge, Kevin Ferias ...