Mackinac Island. Any romantic film lover will recognize this beautiful setting in Upper Peninsula.
Continue reading about Movie Lighthouse: Round Island – Michigan
[Point Arena's] original tower, razed after the 1906 earthquake, was first lit in 1870. The replacement, a 115 foot beacon that was placed into service in 1908, celebrated its centennial last year.
Continue reading about Movie Lighthouses: Forever Young (1992)
…beautiful Twr Mawr has no gallery, no conventional lantern room. It was, in fact, modeled after a popular windmill design.
Point Montara lighthouse has a secret past, beginning in Wellfleet Harbor on Cape Cod 128 years ago. Hard to imagine, moving an entire lighthouse so far.
This week’s spotlight lighthouse is Admiralty Head on Whidbey Island, Washington.
St. George Reef Lighthouse has some interesting stats. It’s largely considered the most expensive American lighthouse ever built—$700,000.00—and the most dangerous as well.
Continue reading about St. George Reef Lighthouse – Revisited
As I looked at photo after photo, and read about the tumultuous history of this extraordinary beacon, I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to be out there, all alone, abandoned in that water-locked tower.
Continue reading about St. George Reef Lighthouse: An Inspiration
Some friends of mine are traveling to Oregon tomorrow, and our discussion about their trip led me to recommend visits to the state’s many beautiful lighthouses. As it turns out, their travels will take them along a good portion of the Oregon coastline, leading them past several of these marvelous beacons. Heceta Head, of course, [...]
Continue reading about Coquille River Lighthouse: A Must Oregon Stopover
By Pam Ripling
Can you guess where I’ve been? It’s over 8,000 miles away from my hometown here in California.
The “Merlion” is a huge, water-spewing statue that is half-lion, half-merperson. The water sprays out onto a river that, in the late 1970’s, was so polluted most people in this big shipping port avoided the Kallang Basin [...]
Continue reading about The Merlion, The Bumboats and The Flyer
