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 ...

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 ...

It was not a fun job, and it didn’t pay well, either. But the dozens of men who worked as keepers of the historic Hillsboro Lighthouse in Hillsboro Beach devoted their lives to the security of ...

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.

For 20 years, Sally Snowman has kept watch over Boston Light, which first illuminated Boston Harbor in 1716. She's the country's last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper and is retiring at the end of 2023.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ladies bearing light. It's a familiar image — whether it's Florence Nightingale and her lamp, the Statue of Liberty and her torch, ...

EAST TAWAS, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for lighthouse keepers this summer. Keepers will live along the Lake Huron shoreline in a historic lighthouse ...