The island of Ailsa Craig, where the two types of granite, Common Green and Blue Hone, that are used to make curling stones ...

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make ...

RACINE, WI — The Racine Unified School District has officially placed the Jefferson Lighthouse School property for sale. School board members discussed it at the Nov. 3, 2025, work session. Opened in ...

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A lighthouse has guided mariners in Sheboygan since 1839, with the first one built on North Point bluff. The original lighthouse location was discontinued in 1873 because it sometimes caused ships to ...

Inland Empire Lighthouse for the Blind will stage its 22nd annual Cruise for Sight car show and 50th annual International Chili Society chili cook-off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 in Redlands’ Sylvan ...

CHIPPEWA CO, MI — A rare piece of Great Lakes history, South Pipe Island, complete with a working lighthouse and 13.5 acres of pristine waterfront, is now listed on the Michigan housing market. The ...

“From dense fogs and other circumstances, lenticular lights of the greatest size and effective lights should be established on the coast, and with elevated towers, so as to be seen at great distances.

GENERATIONS TO COME. THEY’RE BEACONS KNOWN FOR GUIDING SKIPPERS OUT AT SEA. BUT ON LAKE SUNAPEE YOU’LL FIND NOT JUST 1 OR 2, BUT A TRIO OF LIGHTHOUSES. LIGHTHOUSE IS ALWAYS A CLASSIC. YOU GOTTA GO TO ...

For over two thousand years, lighthouses have been a constant and crucial element in maritime safety. Lighthouses function as important navigational aids that guide ships, warn of water hazards, and ...