The lighthouse, built in 1871, is the only wooden lighthouse still intact on the Oregon Coast and the last example in the state of the combined lighthouse and living quarters. The Yaquina Bay ...

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 ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - The historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse will receive a full exterior restoration next year, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday. Built in 1871, it is the ...

After raising construction money from tariffs on both imported and exported goods, the original Beavertail Lighthouse was constructed as a 58-foot-tall wooden tower in 1749. Since its original ...

Poplar Point Lighthouse was first built in 1831, guiding boaters until it was turned off in 1882. It’s considered the oldest integrated wooden lighthouse in the country. The light stayed dormant ...

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 St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum features shipwreck artifacts, a wooden boat building exhibit and a 165-foot-tall lighthouse. The lighthouse, which was built between 1871 and 1874 ...