This year, our vacation daydreams are filled with lighthouses. The United States Lighthouse Society is a not-for-profit ...

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and Virginia's Cape Henry. Then, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla was created.

Located along North Carolina's Crystal Coast in the southern Outer Banks, Cape Lookout offers 56 miles of undeveloped beachfront. Along with its distinct lighthouse, known as the "Diamond Lady ...

The first lighthouses were built to foster the growing ... the rocky coast of Massachusetts to the barrier islands of the North Carolina coast.