North Carolina's coastal lighthouses provide some of the most iconic and historic views of the Carolina coastline. Some of the oldest lighthouses are over 200 years old, while the tallest NC ...

National Lighthouse Day is celebrated on August 7th, commemorating the establishment of the first federal lighthouse in 1789. The tallest lighthouse in the U.S. is Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, standing ...

If you’ve ever walked the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore at night and seen the stars spread like glitter on a black velvet sky, imagine how much darker it must look to seafarers trying to ...

Lighthouses have been the beacon of light for more than 100 years that symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. On Aug. 9, 1789, Congress approved an Act for the establishment and ...

You can visit each of North Carolina's seven iconic and historic lighthouses - but did you know there's an abandoned lighthouse most people have never seen, hidden along the shore of a quiet waterway ...

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is “bleeding,” and the National Park Service has a sensible explanation linked to ongoing renovations. National Park Service photo The iconic North Carolina lighthouse ...

National Lighthouse Day, observed annually on Aug. 7, is chosen to honor the Act of Congress on Aug. 7, 1789, which authorized the construction of the first federal lighthouse. The day is to ...

The iconic North Carolina lighthouse built in 1870 to stand guard over the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” is dripping something akin to blood, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Long streaks ...