Lighthouse World Map
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How Lighthouse Illumination Evolved
From coal fires and candles to oil, gas, electricity and LED.
Harbour and Pier Lights
The smaller lights that guide vessels into port, and how they differ from coastal towers.
Great Storms and Lighthouse Losses
The tempests that destroyed lighthouses and the towers built to survive them.
Grace Darling and the Forfarshire
The keeper's daughter whose 1838 rescue made her a Victorian heroine.
Read more →Desert and Gulf Lighthouses
Marking the arid coasts of the Red Sea, the Gulf and beyond.
Read more →Decommissioned Lighthouses and Their Reuse
What happens when a light is switched off — homes, hotels and ruins.
Read more →Collecting Lighthouse Memorabilia
Lenses, models and ephemera — the world of lighthouse collecting.
Read more →Climbing a Lighthouse: What to Expect
The spiral stairs, the lantern room and the view from the top.
Read more →Buoys, Beacons and Minor Lights
The wider system of aids to navigation beyond the great lighthouses.
Read more →Women Lighthouse Keepers
Ida Lewis, Grace Darling and the many women who kept the lights and saved lives.
Read more →Understanding Light Characteristics
Fixed, flashing, occulting and group flashing — how each lighthouse signals its identity.
Read more →Top 10 Lighthouses in Wales
The ten most remarkable lighthouses in Wales — their history, architecture and setting, with how and when to visit.
Read more →Top 10 Lighthouses in Turkey
The ten most remarkable lighthouses in Turkey — their history, architecture and setting, with how and when to visit.
Read more →Top 10 Lighthouses in the United States
The ten most remarkable lighthouses in the United States — their history, architecture and setting, with how and when to visit.
Read more →Top 10 Lighthouses in the United Kingdom
The ten most remarkable lighthouses in the United Kingdom — their history, architecture and setting, with how and when to visit.
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