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Lighthouses

Grosse Point Lighthouse

Evanston, Illinois

Grosse Point Lighthouse

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Front view.

Larne, Northern Ireland

Chaine Memorial Tower

This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.

Beautiful Rose Island.

Newport, Rhode Island

Rose Island Lighthouse

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Iglesia de San Francisco in 2012.

Valparaiso, Chile

Iglesia de San Francisco

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

Baltimore Beacon.

Baltimore Beacon

An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

The lighthouse.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Cape Florida Lighthouse

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Isle of May Beacon

Anstruther, Scotland

Isle of May Beacon

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

The current lighthouse stands with the original in its shadow.

Gatteville-le-Phare, France

Phare de Gatteville

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

Barra Head Lighthouse.

Isle of Barra, Scotland

Barra Head Lighthouse

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

The lonely lighthouse stands in isolation atop the rock pillar.

Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

The Barra Head Lighthouse, alone on its cliff.

This Uninhabited Island Is Home to the Highest Lighthouse in Scotland

The last resident left Barra Island in 1980, but a tireless beacon remains.

Cara Giaimo March 5, 2018

The lighthouse looks out over a sea of prairies.

Cochin, Saskatchewan

Cochin Lighthouse

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

The Roosevelt's 34-room cottage is open to visitors.

Campobello, New Brunswick

Roosevelt Campobello International Park

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

After decades of discussion, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was hauled to higher ground.

The Bumpy Business of Hauling Historical Sites to Safety

When trying to outrun erosion and sea-level rise is the best option.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2017

The torch in its new location at the Statue of Liberty Museum.

New York, New York

Statue of Liberty's Original Torch

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Precarious location.

Ponta do Pargo, Portugal

Ponta do Pargo Lighthouse

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

Kallur Lighthouse

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.