For instance, Nubble Lighthouse in York and West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec are some of the most beautiful New England ...

Construction started later that year, and Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse was first lit in July of 1771. The 50-foot shingled tower served as a lookout post during the Revolutionary War, and in 1793 ...

This light was built in 1760 -- from lottery proceeds from civic-minded Colonial citizens of New London -- it was the 4th (colonial) lighthouse built in the U.S. The original light survived the ...

Recently popularized as the most isolated lighthouse, Thridrangar only became ... It was built right before the dawn of World War II under the direction of Árni Þórarinsson, who recruited ...

Callaway Museum. Inside the museum, travelers can brush up on their U.S. Coast Guard and Civil War history, as well as the history of the lighthouse itself. Recent visitors said they learned a lot ...

The historic lighthouses of Maine made the 2025 list along with 24 other sites, including a Buddhist monastery in Mongolia, a historic site damaged by bombs in Ukraine and the war-torn urban ...