John Gibbons shivered in the back of the little boat hauling him to his first assignment as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard. It was 1953. Gibbons was a baby-faced 18-year-old kid from Ohio who had ...

What is it about lighthouses that ghosts like so much? Maybe it’s the mist that often seems to shroud their lonely towers. Maybe it’s their historic role as a beacon to keep sailors safe from ...

Good morning, fellow Escapists. Seeking unusual accommodations, such as an off-the-wall Airbnb listing or one of the Madonna Inn’s over-the-top suites, is a great way to make a weekend trip even more ...

California’s coastline is 3,427 miles long, and since the 1850s, the state’s lighthouses have helped mariners navigate rough seas and fog. After hundreds of shipwrecks and not long after California ...

California lighthouses dot a coastline that is rugged, forbidding, beautiful, often fog bound and frequently deadly. Lighthouses on the western coast were built later in the nation’s development, ...

A weekend at a family hostel in a light station on the California coast is filled with tide-pooling, stargazing and marking time by the beacon’s flash. By Bonnie Tsui See more of our coverage in your ...

New Year, new you, new job – looking after a lighthouse in California? On an idyllic island in the San Pablo Bay, the East Brother Light Station, a lighthouse-turned-inn, is seeking a pair of new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waves crash against the St. George Reef Lighthouse in October 2021. The inactive lighthouse, about six miles off the coast of ...

John Zimmerman, president of the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society, pictured with the historic first-order Fresnel lens from the lighthouse. The lens is now displayed at the Del Norte ...