Lighthouse

Nova Scotia, Canada

Cape George Lighthouse

Over 107 years, six different lightkeepers manned this lighthouse before it was rebuilt and automated in 1968.

Pouto Peninsula, New Zealand

Pouto Lighthouse

The Pouto Lighthouse is New Zealand's oldest wooden lighthouse made of kauri timber.

Marathon, Florida, United States

Faro Blanco Lighthouse

This lighthouse in the Florida Keys keeps has served as a residence and office as well as an unofficial private navigator for boats.

County Down, Northern Ireland, Ireland

Donaghadee Lighthouse

Before the Donaghadee Lighthouse was built, young Northern Irish couples looking to marry legally in Scotland would depart from the Donaghadee Harbor.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

New Canal Light

The New Canal Light in New Orleans has been operated by a long series of lightkeepers, and notably, many were women.

Lake Vanern, Sweden

Hammarö Skage

Of the nearly thirty lighthouses on Lake Vänern, this lighthouse employs a residential design with a lake house-style structure as its base.

Porto, Portugal

Farol de Felgueiras

Situated at the Mouth of the Douro River, this lighthouse welcomes ships to the ancient Portuguese city of Porto.

Quadra Island, Canada

Cape Mudge Lighthouse

This Canadan Lighthouse has been standing on Quadra Island since the days of the Klondike goldrush.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Brockton Point Lighthouse

For many years keepers of the Brockton Point Lighthouse in Vancouver were charged with firing the "9 O'clock Gun”, a muzzle-loaded naval cannon fired at 6pm to signal the close of fishing.

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, United States

Faro Los Morillos

The Los Morillos Light in Puerto Rico is surrounded by salt-rich coves, where salt mining has been an important industry for centuries.

South Bruny, Tasmania, Australia

Cape Bruny Lighthouse

The second oldest extant lighthouse tower in Australia has been continuously manned for 158 years.

San Diego, California, United States

Old Point Loma Lighthouse

This San Diego lighthouse is said to be named for a young woman who survived a shipwreck only to be murdered by a slighted suitor, who met his own demise soon after, at the lighthouse.

Marsden, United Kingdom

Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse located in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England was the first lighthouse in the world to be built specifically to use alternating electric current.

Lima, Peru

La Marina Lighthouse

Urban legend attributes the design of this famous Peruvian lighthouse in the Miraflores district of Lima, to Gustave Eiffel. You may know him from his famous tower in Paris.

Cape Otoway, Victoria, Australia

Cape Otway Lightstation

This lighthouse in Victoria, Australia has witnessed many shipwrecks and sea battles. Today, visitors can stay at the keeper's cottages, onsite.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Nordurgardi Lighthouse

This tiny yellow lighthouse in Reykjavyk, Iceland is only 13 feet tall!

Long Beach Island, New Jersey, United States

Barnegat Light

"Old Barney" on Long Beach Island, NJ is on the National Register of Historic Places, and its beacon changed several times since the mid-19th century.

Gdansk, Poland

Nowy Port

This lighthouse in Gdansk, Poland stood witness to the first battle of World War II.

Buxton, North Carolina, United States

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

An engineering feat occurred in 1999 when the massive concrete Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina was moved almost a mile inland to safer ground.

AWA visted here

Tarragona, Spain

Far del Fangar

The Fangar Lighthouse in Tarragona, Spain replaced the original, which was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War.

Finistere, France

Lighthouse Guilvinec

Called "The Fire of the North Jetty", this almost century-old lighthouse in Guilvinec, France is known as one of "The Three Lights of Guilvinec."

York, Maine, United States

Cape Neddick Light

One of the most photographed lighthouses in the world, steeped in maritime history.

AWA visted here

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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia

Griffith’s Island Lighthouse

Griffith's Island off the coast of Victoria, Australia, is home to this 19th century lighthouse, a popular visiting site for Aboriginals to Australian whalers.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Coney Island Boardwalk

New York City's Coney Island Lighthouse stands watch over its famous boardwalk, now a city landmark.

Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

Svörtuloft Lighthouse

The name is a fitting tribute to a cliff born of the meeting between heat and ice — darkness and a lighthouse.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Lake Hefner Lighthouse

This lighthouse is a rare sight; it sits on the edge of a manmade lake in Oklahoma City, a landlocked state.

Hamburg, Germany

Bunthauser Spitze Light

This dreamy lighthouse monitors the flow rate of the branches of the Elbe river in Hamburg, Germany.

Dublin, Ireland

Baily Lighthouse

This Irish lighthouse was the last of its kind - a manually operated light was in place until 1996, and the final light keeper left the post soon after.

Westkapelle, Netherlands

Noorderhoofd

Open to the public for climbing, this 19th century lighthouse still leads ships to harbor in the Netherlands.

Tadoussac Bay, Quebec, Canada

Haut-fond Prince Lighthouse

Nicknamed the "Spinning Top," this unique Canadian lighthouse warns of an undersea hazard.

Hvalnes, Iceland

Hvalnes Lighthouse

The striking Hvalnes Lighthouse in Iceland, is located on a sub-volcanic rock mountain, containing quartz and precious metals.

La Corbiere, Jersey, United Kingdom

La Corbiere Lighthouse

The name of La Corbiere Lighthouse in the UK, means ravens or crows, and was the world's first concrete lighthouse.

Capri, Italy

Punta Carena Lighthouse

Active since 1867, this lighthouse on a rocky cliff on the Island of Capri, has a rotating signal that emits white light flashes every 3 seconds across 25 nautical miles.

Suðurnesjabær, Iceland

Old Gardur Lighthouse

The Old Gardur Lighthouse in Iceland was built low enough to the ground to avoid mist but as a result is always in danger from high surf.

Algarve, Portugal

Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse

The Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse in the Algarve, Portugal, is built on the ruins of a hermitage and boasts many beautiful grottos that can be visited by boat.