Tillamook Rock Lighthouse was built on a bare stone pillar hammered constantly by the Pacific Ocean. Construction crews had to leap from boats onto the rock and be winched up through crashing waves.

Perched on a lonely rock off the Oregon coast, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse earned its grim nickname. Relentless storms, crashing waves, and total isolation made life nearly unbearable for its keepers.

Mimi Morissette values her seaside property, the acre-wide Tillamook Rock, a mile offshore of Ecola State Park in northwest Oregon, at $8 million. Others see the isolated, dynamite-blasted basalt ...

Early lighthouse lenses, which could weigh thousands of pounds, were floated on beds of mercury that allowed them to turn in their signature flash patterns. For hundreds of years, lighthouse keepers ...

What: Sneaker waves possible. Where: North and Central Coast of Oregon, and South Washington Coast. When: From late Thursday night through Sunday evening. Impacts: Waves can run up significantly ...