In its 154 years, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton has saved countless mariners from disaster in the treacherous waters where the Gulf Stream clashes with the Labrador Current and tries to shove ...

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 ...

A unique piece of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse with ties to the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant is set to return 100 years after it vanished, according to the National Park Service. The octagonal fence ...

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 ...