The Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse located in the coastal town of Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Maine. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the country and has been guiding ships into ...

Maine is loaded with lighthouses, with many of the best right around the vicinity of Portland. Here is a look at the closest ...

On Oct. 24, Ford Reiche attended the National Maritime Historical Society's Annual Awards Dinner, where he was honored for ...

Built in 1881 and nestled between Fall River and Somerset, the “sparkplug-style” lighthouse is registered with the National ...

Made up of six states, this region in the north east of the US is best known for its history and culture, but its coastal ...

“Lighthouses are picturesque icons that remind ... “The Lighthouses of Connecticut,” “Great Shipwrecks of the Maine Coast,” “The Lighthouse Handbook: New England,” “All About ...

For John Ammerman, a former director of the Madisonville Maritime Museum, the lighthouse has historic value. It was first built in 1837, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. During the Civil War ...

According to the National Park Service’s website, 779 lighthouses remain standing across the United States. Though many say ...

Today, however, the lighthouse is at some risk of toppling over or into Lake Pontchartrain. As with much of coastal Louisiana, the land around the lighthouse eroded and sank over the decades ...

But as the sea steadily reclaims the land on which it is built, its owner has decided the time is right for the lighthouse to come down, changing forever the skyline of the Suffolk coast.

Attending the valedictory session of the second Indian Lighthouse Festival at Puri, Mr. Sonowal said coastal communities around lighthouses would be empowered so that they take pride in the ...