NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN - When your lights aren’t working and you are having technical difficulties, you punch in the number of your trusty tech guide or repair person. But when it happens to a pair of ...

While Michiganders dread the coming of mosquito and black fly seasons, midge and mayfly seasons are merely annoyances of spring — as the keepers of the White Shoal Lighthouse in Lake Michigan ...

EMMET COUNTY, MICH. -- Preparing a highly isolated off-shore lighthouse for a new season of summer visitors isn’t for the faint of heart. Each spring, a handful of hardy volunteers make the trek out ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) --The caretakers of a historic Michigan lighthouse are offering free stays at the landmark in an unusual contest involving messages in bottles tossed into the Great Lakes. The White ...

The North Manitou Shoal Light is a landmark in Lake Michigan, its 63-foot tower warning boaters who pass about dangerous waters. The White Shoal Light, 20 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge, is known ...

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- You can view some of the lighthouses on the Great Lakes with a new ferry cruise. Shepler's is offering two new tours this summer. The Westbound Lighthouse Cruise ...

The Brier Island Lighthouse on the coast of Nova Scotia boasts a bold white and red striped pattern. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This ...

MACKINAW CITY — The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association is offering members of the public a chance to see and learn about harder to reach lighthouses around the area with an event on July 26.

It’s one of the most recognizable landmarks on the Chesapeake Bay, standing sentinel in the waters near Annapolis for almost 150 years. And in August the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse will be featured ...