Surveys find conservationists have between three and five years before the structures collapse.

For over two thousand years, lighthouses have been a constant and crucial element in maritime safety. Lighthouses function as important navigational aids that guide ships, warn of water hazards, and ...

Marina Henke: Beyond making for dashing gift-shop keychains, the reason for this popular hue is two-fold. First is that the color red often helps lighthouses stay visible. To be seen, after all, is ...

In this video, we uncover why lighthouses wear their iconic red-and-white stripes, and how simple visibility pairs with ...

The province says P.E.I.’s changing landscape is putting more than a dozen lighthouses in harm’s way. There are options to ...

Halfway between New Rochelle and Sands Point, in the Long Island Sound, an old lighthouse stands 1,400 feet from shore, ruled by a flock of seagulls and haunted by a grisly legacy dating back to the ...

Want to get away from it all and live by the sea—or better yet, on the sea? The U.S. government is selling off six historic lighthouses, and with a little TLC, they can be yours for as little as ...

The General Services Administration is giving away six lighthouses to nonprofits or government agencies willing to take care of them. Four lighthouses are being sold at auction. Good morning. I'm ...

Lighthouses have been built in epic locations around the world, from volcanoes to sand dunes. The Tower of Hercules in Spain is the oldest operating lighthouse in the world. Some of these lighthouses, ...

From Carysfort Reef off Key Largo to Sand Key in the Lower Keys, the future of five of the six lighthouses that once kept ships from crashing into the Florida Keys’ coral reef is uncertain. The U.S.

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