"It makes it a lighthouse again," Russell Shippee said. The Shippees have lived in the lighthouse since 1987.

There’s nothing really special about this simple box, and it can indeed be used to give any microcontroller project an orientation sensor. The Vive’s Lighthouse is an exceptionally cool piece ...

Engineers refurbishing a historic lighthouse in Scotland were blown away after discovering a 132-year-old message in a bottle that had a surprising connection to their work. / SplashNews.com They ...

Operating since 1846, the cast-iron lighthouse originally used a kerosene light to warn sailors within 40 miles of the treacherous coral reefs extending as far as 16 miles offshore. Today ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Was the life of a lighthouse keeper and their family an inspiring one, a lonely one, or something in between? Travelers have the ...

There had been speculation about building this type of lens, but Fresnel was apparently unaware of them when he proposed his lens for lighthouse use in 1819. His proposed lens was a bit different ...