On an exceptionally calm fall morning, Scott Dombrowski walked down an old dock toward a small dinghy. He looked out over the waters of Cape Porpoise, Maine, and commented on how still the water was ...

After his retirement as lighthouse keeper on Amelia Island, Tom Sintes' great-grandfather, Thomas Patrick O'Hagan, wrote down some of his memories at the urging of his family. Several excerpts were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Rosenberg, a full-time English teacher, commutes by paddleboat to maintain a Maine lighthouse. Rosenberg values the peace and ...

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 ...

The Marquette Maritime Museum’s Maritime History on Tap presents The Ghost of Lighthouse Keeper Adam Sayles at 7 p.m. April 7, at the Ore Dock Brewing Company in Marquette. Keeper Sayles died of a ...

Spend a week along the shores of Lake Huron and surround yourself with Great Lakes history.

People fled to the top.

EAST TAWAS, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking for lighthouse keepers this summer. Keepers will live along the Lake Huron shoreline in a historic lighthouse ...

Though Baillod figured he wouldn’t find the ghost ship on his search, he decided that the journey was more important than the ...

Every year, thousands of people visit Michigan's lighthouses, climb the towers to peer out over the Great Lakes and learn about history. The lucky ones even get to stay a few nights as volunteer ...