Gary and Ginny take pride in the family heritage, and when they travel they enjoy visiting lighthouses. But they are just as ...

John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse ... 19th and 20th centuries who kept lighthouses in the United States. Most of them, however, would not have been official keepers.

They had to polish everything." Back in the 19th century, lighthouse keeper was one of the very few non-clerical government jobs open to women, Rasa said. And even then it was usually by default.

Run by Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association, the $8 museum admission fee gives visitors a peek into 19th century maritime history, including a piece of a Lake Michigan shipwreck and the ...

The last Coast Guard lighthouse keeper in the United States ended her ... where she dresses in 19th-century garb and keeps a close watch on her beloved lighthouse. Ownership of the lighthouse ...

Then, she disappears for days. “You have no choice but to confront the simplicity of the life of a lighthouse keeper here,” says Jordan, who purchased the mothballed 1890 Goose Rocks Light from the ...

It is one of the few 19th-century lighthouses remaining on the ... You think of the Lighthouse keepers who lived here and the diligent service they did. This is a beacon of hope." ...

Rottnest Island ranger Kaija Antipas stands vigilantly outside her home, a 19th-century lighthouse-keeper’s cottage. The midday sun beats down on the dry bushland and rugged coastline around her. Her ...