Archive for the 'Haunted Lighthouses' Category

Discover Michigan Lighthouses

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Recently, the Detroit News published a news story about visiting the 124 Lighthouses in Michigan as fun, easy, and inexpensive to visit.
According to Terry Pepper, the executive director of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, many lighthouse visitors “are struck by the beauty, history and sheer isolation of these maritime sentinels. They tend to be […]

Plymouth Lighthouse Lodging

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Vacationing at Gurnet Light Keeper’s Cottage is the ideal waterfront rental with beautiful scenic views of Plymouth Bay and Cape Cod Bay! The 4-bedroom cottage can sleep up to 14 people who can enjoy sleeping next to the oldest wooden Lighthouse in America!
The former Keeper’s house at the Plymouth Lighthouse was renovated by […]

Heceta Head Lighthouse Romantic Retreat

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Heceta Head Lighthouse, the jewel of Oregon’s coast, is a working Lighthouse on a coastal cliff and a renowned Bed and Breakfast Keeper’s house providing a romantic retreat with majestic views of the Pacific Ocean lapping the scenic Oregon seacoast. Currently, the historic Lighthouse is one of a few operating Lighthouses with its original […]

Bird Island Lighthouse Light-keeper retires

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Charles Bradley Jr., the chairman of the Bird Island Preservation Society and the unofficial keeper of Bird Island Lighthouse has resigned due to changes in his life.
Since 1991, Bradley, a former Marion Harbormaster, has been the principal preservationist in restoring the Lighthouse. After raising $123,000 for the restoration work, Bird Island Lighthouse was […]

Message in a Bottle at Seguin Island Lighthouse

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Somewhere in a far far away galaxy of infinite Meme Magnitude, Kimberly “Arthouis” Barker from Blogsylvania just east of Oz, has Meme’d me to paint a Message in a Bottle Beach message for Mimi’s Wet & Wild Meme Marathon.

You may find my spirit or my LOST bottle floating around Seguin Island Lighthouse where […]

Minot’s Ledge I Love You Lighthouse, 143

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse winks and blinks “I Love You” to Lighthouse Lovers on Valentine’s Day and everyday! Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse is one of the most romantic Lighthouses in our country.
The distinctive Light Characteristic of Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse uses a 1-4-3 flashing sequence which is the same numerical count as the words “I love you.” […]

Sheffield Island Haunted Lighthouse Weekend

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Yesterday, the Norwalk Seaport Association haunted Sheffield Island Lighthouse with ghost Esmerelda and witch Hazel offering tours to young visitors. The historic Lighthouse was decorated as a child-friendly haunted attraction to provide youngsters with chills and thrills for Halloween in August.
Since 1986, the Norwalk Seaport Association has owned and maintained Sheffield Island Lighthouse which […]

Haunted Lighthouse Lodging?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The Lighthouse retreat at Big Bay Point Light Station is reputedly haunted by the blue-uniformed red-haired ghost of its first Light-keeper, William Prior who became despondent after his son died from gangrene and he hung himself in 1901. InnKeepers Jeff and Linda Gamble claim the ghosts are banging doors after guests are in […]

Haunted Lighthouse for a dollar?

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a two-story granite house with a 35-feet high Light tower extending above the roof built at the end of a submerged ledge in Long Island Sound located 1.1 miles offshore from Fairfield Beach, Connecticut near the entrance to Black Rock Harbor. The U.S. Coast Guard declared the alleged […]