Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where the sun first rises each day in this country.

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 ...

Commissioned by George Washington in 1787, this lighthouse project was provided $750 by the General Court of Massachusetts when Maine was still a part of Massachusetts. When the U.S. government ...