Summer days are longer, and your time outside naturally follows suit. As the sun dips lower, a little light can make your backyard patio feel like an evening escape. The right glow can brighten your ...

When 120 mph winds and torrential rains pounded the Gulf of Mexico in August 1915, more than 60 people took refuge inside the Bolivar Lighthouse. Now barn owls can escape the Texas sun by entering the ...

What do boats, dumpsters, and car sun roofs all have in common? Not much, really — except for the fact that all three influenced the design and functionality of a highly unusual add-on office pod by ...

Good news for those pining for a backyard pool: With four offshore Michigan lighthouses on the auction block, you can purchase a piece of Great Lakes history and surround yourself with freshwater on ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — It’s not every day that you’ll find a “working” lighthouse far from water, but that’s exactly what Connie and Larry Perfetto have in their Mount Pleasant backyard. As a guy who likes ...

At 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Santa Cruz Harbor, the Derek Walton Lighthouse’s holiday lights will be switched on, then the 33rd annual Lighted Boat Parade will get underway. What will be different ...

GHENT, N.Y. — Until Saturday morning I hadn’t given a lot of thought to lighthouses. That makes sense because I live nowhere near an ocean. And our property in Columbia County is severely landlocked.

BEAVER BAY, Minn. — In 1990, elite runner Jane Welzel won Grandma’s Marathon, the 26.2-mile race along the North Shore between Two Harbors in Duluth. It was her first time on the course. A decade ...

A few years back there was a proposal to remove Santa Cruz’ iconic mile buoy, which despite its moniker is actually more than a mile offshore. Proponents claimed, among other things, that the Harbor’s ...

Kyra Thomas, left, and Makala Gentry help paint the CLEAR Lighthouse community mural at Backyard Tap in downtown Loveland on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. The mural is part of a fundraiser to support the ...