As volunteer keepers you get to play a role in sharing the history of the site, which was once the most isolated light station in Michigan. When it was built more than 151 years ago, Au Sable Light ...

A Visit to the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum On a sunlit morning in early February 2024, my wife and I took a tour of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum in St. Augustine, ...

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.

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.

IT FELT LIKE I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN HAS REACHED ITS FINAL DAYS. I THINK I HAVE THE LONGEST TEMP JOB IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR. FOR SALLY SNOWMAN WORKING AS THE KEEPER OF BOSTON LIGHT HAS BEEN ...

She’s done bringing home the beacon. The last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper in the United States ended her watch at the historic Boston Light after two decades at the helm. Sally Snowman, 72, became ...

In 1807, two men were assigned to operate Smalls Lighthouse, a remote structure perched on a rock off the Welsh coast. When ...

ALGER COUNTY, MI -- Here’s a home renovation you won’t find on the HGTV: replastering a lighthouse keeper’s station built in 1909 using horse hair. Park staff are rehabilitating the plaster of the ...

Nonprofits are currently seeking volunteers at Michigan lighthouses across the Great Lakes. Here's how to get involved.

It's the end of an era for U.S. Coast Guard lighthouses and their keepers. The last remaining official lighthouse caretaker retires this week from Boston Light. That is the first lighthouse built in ...