NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Japan’s oldest surviving wooden lighthouse here is changing sentry duty for the first time in more than 200 years. Imazu Todai will be relocated across a river as ...

The 19-metre wooden lighthouse, built in 1901, was moved about 30 metres inland to Norton's property in 2020. For the past two years, his family has been operating the building as an Airbnb rental ...

After the British troops occupied the lighthouse in 1774, Colonial forces set fire to its wooden parts three times. Though never fully demolished by the fires, when the British left Boston in 1776 ...

The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in Newport is about to get a full exterior restoration, and as of today (Wednesday, Jan. 1) it is closed to the public and will remain closed until June. However, Yaquina ...