The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking volunteers to help monitor the loon population in Aitkin, Becker, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Lake and Otter Tail counties.

Loons have laid their eggs on a Live Loon Cam run by the Loon Preservation Committee. The cam is streaming live on YouTube ...

He reached out to Curious Minnesota, the Strib’s reader-powered reporting project, to find out. Built in 1987, the Boom Island Lighthouse isn’t historical. (During the steamboat era ...

The 1848 Bodie Island Lighthouse, in Nags Head, opened Friday for daily, self-guided climbs through Oct. 13. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, its famous companion 43 miles down N.C. 12 to the south ...

A few years ago, cormorants decided to make Loon Lake Island their home. However, the birds brought a unique problem with no easy solution. The city of Waseca says bird droppings are destroying ...

MANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) – Visitors to the Bodie Island Lighthouse will soon have the opportunity to purchase climbing tickets again. The lighthouse will be open for daily climbing beginning April 18 ...

Lighthouse Beach Park on Sanibel Island has completed the final phase of its beach renourishment project. This cherished landmark has weathered several storms, and visitors are noticing the ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Construction crews are four months into fixing the Hunting Island Lighthouse. Dressed in his lighthouse service uniform circa 1880, Ted Panayotoff, delights visitors ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – A project that was teased a year and a half ago has finally been announced: HGTV’s “Bargain Block” will restore a historic lighthouse on Beaver Island. Beaver Head ...

The oldest lighthouse on Lake Champlain dates back to the 1820s, when the lake was an important passageway for lumber and iron ore. To guide vessels into Burlington Harbor, Juniper Island ...

Scott and Karen Dombrowski served as Goat Island lighthouse keepers for 32 years. The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust hosted a retirement celebration Saturday, Jan. 11, for Scott and Karen ...

FERNANDINA BEACH — The Amelia Island Lighthouse, Florida's oldest, is just 67 feet tall, far shorter than most of the state's major lighthouses. But it gains in stature by its position atop the ...