After Newport was founded in 1639, the waterfront town grew into a bustling trading port, serving as Newport's main source of economic growth throughout the 18th century. As trade flourished, the ...

The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which ...

Her primary job was restoration and about 25 percent of the lighthouse keeping. Some things still had to be maintained the old-fashioned way, such as cleaning the 141 stairs leading to the tower.

Built in 1833, the Buffalo “Chinaman’s Lighthouse,” is one of the oldest lighthouses on the Great Lakes. Public access to the Lighthouse, which sits on U.S. Coast Guard Property, has been ...

The programs also visit famous and historic locations, such as Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island, the oldest lighthouse location in North America; San Diego’s Old Point Loma Lighthouse ...

HGTV’s “Bargain Block” announced in January that the upcoming season five would feature the restoration of Beaver Head Lighthouse, the third oldest standing lighthouse on the Great Lakes.

Maine's 65 historic lighthouses beckon to visitors today just as they have drawn and guided ships into safe harbors for centuries along the state's rocky coastline. Portland Head Light, the first ...