Cape Elizabeth, Maine Standing proudly at the edge of Fort Williams Park, the Portland Head Light is perhaps one of the most photographed lighthouses in the United States. This iconic structure was ...

MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Rising seas and erosion are threatening lighthouses around the U.S. and the world. Volunteers and cash-strapped governments are doing what they can, but the ...

The North Sea had also eaten into the cliff on which the lighthouse stood, leaving it only a few metres from the edge. With only a year or two left before the 23m-high lighthouse faced the same ...

Stevenson's challenge. Nearly 200 years after it was first built, the Bell Rock Lighthouse still stands - proudly flashing its warning light. Eleven miles out to sea off the east coast of Scotland ...

MAURICE RIVER TOWNSHIP, Nj. (AP) -- Lighthouses around the U. S. and the world are being threatened by rising seas and erosion, requiring costly protective measures that not every place can afford.

But over time the sea steadily gnawed away at the cape and crept ever closer to the lighthouse. The distance between the surf and the lighthouse was reduced from about 1,500 feet (457 meters) when ...

Stay overnight at this lighthouse—a thrilling 32 miles out to sea. Once a beacon for ships navigating North Carolina’s treacherous coast, Frying Pan Tower has taken on a second life as a ...

A century-old decommissioned lighthouse is getting another life as an art installation before the ground it stands on falls into the sea. The Rubjerg Knude Fyr lighthouse in Denmark was built in ...

For 120 years, the Rubjerg Knude lighthouse has been perched on a sand dune on the northern Danish coast, but coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea.