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Lighthouses at the edge of the world

From Ponce Inlet to Pointe Saint-Mathieu. Towers built so that someone would make it home.

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Anclote Key lighthouse
Anclote Key lighthouse
on a barrier island three miles off Tarpon Springs, on Florida's Gulf coast
Anclote Key lighthouse
— — a tall iron skeleton holding a light over the Gulf.
Au Sable Light Station
on the Lake Superior shore inside Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Au Sable Light Station
— — the white tower above a shipwreck coast.
Bolivar Lighthouse Galveston Bay
on the Bolivar Peninsula, across the channel from Galveston
Bolivar Lighthouse Galveston Bay
— — the iron tower that held against the 1900 storm.
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
on the cape, inside the Space Force station
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
— — a cast-iron tower that watched the rockets go.
Cape Tainaron lighthouse
at the southern tip of the Mani, where the mainland ends
Cape Tainaron lighthouse
— — the last light before the open sea.
Egmont Key lighthouse
at the mouth of Tampa Bay, reachable only by boat
Egmont Key lighthouse
— — the last white tower before the Gulf.
Fanad Head Lighthouse
on the Atlantic edge of Donegal
Fanad Head Lighthouse
— the white tower the Atlantic keeps finding.
Galley Head Lighthouse
on the south coast of Cork, between Rosscarbery and Clonakilty
Galley Head Lighthouse
— — a light that turns to find the land.
Hook Head Lighthouse
at the southeast tip of Ireland
Hook Head Lighthouse
— eight centuries of the same patient light.
Loop Head Lighthouse
on the cliffs at the mouth of the Shannon
Loop Head Lighthouse
— — a steady light at the end of the land.
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
at the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Huron meets Lake Michigan
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
— — the keeper's tower the bridge made quiet.
Old Mission Point Lighthouse
at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula, sitting on the 45th parallel
Old Mission Point Lighthouse
— — a small white schoolhouse halfway to the pole.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
above the mouth of San Diego harbour
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
— the light no fog could reach.
Palo Duro Canyon Lighthouse Rock
deep inside Palo Duro Canyon, south of Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon Lighthouse Rock
— a tower the river forgot to take down.
Point Arena Lighthouse
on the Mendocino coast, where the San Andreas comes ashore
Point Arena Lighthouse
— — the tower the 1906 quake brought down.
Point Bonita Lighthouse
at the north shoulder of the Golden Gate
Point Bonita Lighthouse
— — the only lighthouse you reach by suspension bridge.
Point Reyes Lighthouse
at the western tip of the Point Reyes peninsula, in Marin County
Point Reyes Lighthouse
— — the lamp at the bottom of 308 stairs.
Point Sur Light Station
on a volcanic rock off Highway 1, south of Carmel
Point Sur Light Station
— the light kept on a rock above the swell.
Point Vicente Lighthouse
on the Palos Verdes cliffs, south of Los Angeles
Point Vicente Lighthouse
— the lamp the whales pass twice a year.
Pointe Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse
at the western tip of Brittany, above the Iroise Sea
Pointe Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse
— — the same light, in a different stone.
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
at the south end of the peninsula below Daytona Beach
Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
— — a brick column that has been counting nights since 1887.
Sakonnet Point Lighthouse offshore
off Little Compton's southern tip, at the mouth of the Sakonnet River
Sakonnet Point Lighthouse offshore
— a cast iron light on a rock the sea forgot to take.
Sanibel Lighthouse
at the east point of Sanibel Island, Florida
Sanibel Lighthouse
— — iron legs in the Gulf wind.
St. Augustine Lighthouse beam
above Anastasia Island, sweeping the Atlantic
St. Augustine Lighthouse beam
— — the beam the harbour learned to count by.
St. George Island lighthouse
on the western tip of St. George Island, off the Forgotten Coast
St. George Island lighthouse
— — a white tower the gulf kept moving around.
St. Marks NWR Lighthouse
at the end of Lighthouse Road in St. Marks Refuge, south of Tallahassee
St. Marks NWR Lighthouse
— — the oldest light still standing on the Gulf.
Stonington Point village lighthouse
at the southern tip of Stonington Borough, where the village ends in Fishers Island Sound
Stonington Point village lighthouse
— the small granite light that became the keeper of the village's record.
Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse
on the bluff above Trinidad Harbor, on California's north coast
Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse
— — a small light for those the sea kept.
Battery Point Lighthouse
at the top of the California coast, near the Oregon line
Battery Point Lighthouse
— — a light the tide lets you reach.
Ile de Sein Lighthouse
where the land runs out, west of Brittany
Ile de Sein Lighthouse
— — the last lit stone before the open Atlantic.
St John's Point Lighthouse
on the Lecale coast, south of Killough
St John's Point Lighthouse
— — the colour Dundrum Bay steers by.
Beavertail Lighthouse
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Beavertail Lighthouse
Big Sable Point Lighthouse
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Big Sable Point Lighthouse
Cape Blanco Lighthouse on the basalt
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Cape Blanco Lighthouse on the basalt
Cape Meares Lighthouse on the basalt cliff
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Cape Meares Lighthouse on the basalt cliff
Castle Hill Lighthouse on
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Castle Hill Lighthouse on
Coruna Tower of Hercules Roman Lighthouse
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Coruna Tower of Hercules Roman Lighthouse
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse on the rocky
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Eagle Harbor Lighthouse on the rocky
Fire Island Lighthouse on the Long
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Fire Island Lighthouse on the Long
Frankfort North Pier Lighthouse
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Frankfort North Pier Lighthouse
Grand Marais Lighthouse on
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Grand Marais Lighthouse on
Heceta Head Lighthouse on the basalt
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Heceta Head Lighthouse on the basalt
Montauk Point Lighthouse on
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Montauk Point Lighthouse on
Point Betsie Lighthouse standing
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Point Betsie Lighthouse standing
Point Judith Lighthouse
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Point Judith Lighthouse
Rose Island Lighthouse near
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Rose Island Lighthouse near
Sandy Hook Lighthouse
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Saugerties Lighthouse
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Saugerties Lighthouse
Smith Point Lighthouse in
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Smith Point Lighthouse in
Split Rock Lighthouse
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Split Rock Lighthouse
Split Rock Lighthouse on
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Split Rock Lighthouse on
the Atlantic City Lighthouse
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the Atlantic City Lighthouse
the Avery Point lighthouse
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the Avery Point lighthouse
the Biloxi Lighthouse on
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the Biloxi Lighthouse on
the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse
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the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse
the Cape May Lighthouse
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the Cape May Lighthouse
the Drum Point lighthouse
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the Drum Point lighthouse
the Fenwick Island Lighthouse
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the Fenwick Island Lighthouse
the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
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the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse
the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse on
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the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse on
the historic lighthouse perched
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the historic lighthouse perched
the Holland Big Red Lighthouse
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the Holland Big Red Lighthouse
the Little Sable Point Lighthouse
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the Little Sable Point Lighthouse
the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse on the
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the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse on the
the New Cape Henry Lighthouse
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the New Cape Henry Lighthouse
the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
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the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
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the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
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the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
the Point Lookout lighthouse
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the Point Lookout lighthouse
the South Haven Lighthouse
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the South Haven Lighthouse
the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse on Lake
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the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse on Lake
the Tawas Point Lighthouse
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the Tawas Point Lighthouse
Two Harbors Lighthouse on
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Two Harbors Lighthouse on
Whitefish Point Lighthouse standing
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse standing
Wolf Trap Lighthouse in
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Wolf Trap Lighthouse in
Yaquina Head Lighthouse on its basalt
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Yaquina Head Lighthouse on its basalt
Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the basalt
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Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the basalt

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