While throngs of festival goers flooded the waterfront on Friday, May 24, a bucolic scene unfolded on the south-facing bluffs overlooking San Pedro’s rugged coastline. An outdoor gathering of some 100 ...
For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific ...
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 ...
SOUTH HAVEN, MI -- The love for lighthouses runs deep in the Great Lakes State. Michiganders have a true appreciation for the valiant efforts of lighthouse keepers who directed ships across ...
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.