My friend, Linda who is the very creative Blogger and talented writer of Are We There Yet, received the Arte y pico Award of Blogging creativity. Congratulations on receiving this treasured award in recognition of your talented Blogging skills, Linda!
Linda secretly set sail to Faulkner’s Island Lighthouse, the “Eiffel Tower of Long Island Sound” […]
The town of York is expecting to receive federal funding to repair picturesque Cape Neddick Lighthouse and the attached Keeper’s house, located on top of a small scenic island called the Nubble which is offshore from Sohier Park in York, Maine.
During the Patriots Day Storm of 2007, the Keeper’s house roof, stairs, boat ramp, […]
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 […]
On May 9, 2008, President Bush signed “H.R. 1922 (S. 1143): Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008” into law. The Act designates 126-acres Outstanding Natural Area which requires the Bureau of Land Management to develop a plan to manage the area as a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System.
The Lighthouse […]
May flowers are the sign of Lighthouse Open Houses and Lighthouse events throughout the spring and summer season! Across the nation, local Lighthouse societies are opening their lighthouse to public tours which offer a glimpse into our maritime heritage and picturesque scenic harbor or coastal views.
If you live in New England or plan […]
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 […]
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Spring into Connecticut to visit beautiful Lighthouse Point Park and Five Mile Point Lighthouse, named for its distance from downtown New Haven. During the roaring 20’s, the park was the field of dreams for Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Roger Dodger may find his dream haven here to dodge the Fraternity Boys Investigators […]
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For Lighthouse Globetrotters who are not afraid of heights, Yenoshima (or Eno Shima) island near Mount Fuji could be the Lighthouse vacation of a lifetime.
Climb the 197-foot high round steel skeletal tower to the large circular observation deck for viewing the sunset behind Mount Fuji with 360° panoramic views of the surrounding scenery […]
Bodie Island Lighthouse and the National Parks Service were the Pork Ration victims of budget cuts in the 3,565 page $555 billion omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2008 approved on Dec 26, 2007.
The $3 million appropriation, sponsored by Congressman David Price (D-NC) for restoring Bodie Island Light, was axed by a Senate-House conference […]