OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service has begun a project to evaluate how to repair and whether to relocate the historic lighthouse on North Carolina’s Ocracoke Island. The bright white ...

The Ocracoke Light Station has been guiding ships off North Carolina’s Outer Banks for two centuries, serving as both an icon and a safe haven for residents throughout its long history. But powerful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...