Light Houses Galore

New York State Lighthouses explores the great lighthouse heritage of New York State. Second only to Michigan in the number of lighthouses it contains, New York boasts a lighthouse legacy that stretches from the Great Lakes to the tip of Long Island...

There is something romantic and heroic about lighthouses, they interrupt darkness and dispel danger with their reassuring beacons, symbolizing hope and security for both seafarers and land lovers. Bob Trapani, executive director for the American Lighthouse Foundation and co-founder of the Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation, recounts the stories of twenty-seven beacons from the lost Cape Henlopen Light Station, completed in 1767, to the Marcus Hook Range Rear Light Station, constructed in 1920...

Superb photographs and graphics provide a unique look at New York's colonization, settlement, and economic growth. Discover how the state's rich maritime heritage centers around 69 lighthouses, located on many different water bodies...

This author knows her Carolina lighthouses (see Lighthouses of the Carolinas) and now she introduces them to kids in a very engaging way. Art by Michael Swing makes it all the more appealing.

The mystic nature of a lighthouse almost requires embodiment beyond its structure. And what could be more romantic and chilling than a haunting? Lighthouse Ghosts contains 13 stories of bona fide apparitions standing watch over Americas shores that will satisfy your craving for the supernatural...

From Amelia Island to Key West, readers will discover more than thirty historic and picturesque lighthouses dotting the coasts of the Sunshine State with this delightful little guidebook.

With a population of about 200 people Yerba Buena was a sleepy little town in 1846. The following year, Yerba Buena would become San Francisco. With the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill by James Marshall in 1848, a rush to California began that would swell the population of San Francisco to more than 36 thousand by 1850...

A lighthouse standing majestically on a scenic shoreline conjures images of heroic sailors safely guided to port. But which lighthouse is it and what is its history? Here is a guide to identifying 161 of North America’s most famous beacons...