Split Rock Lighthouse wasn't a tourist destination for Beulah Covell-Myers - it was home for much of her childhood. The daughter of Franklin Covell, one of only two head Split Rock lighthouse keepers, ...

Split Rock Lighthouse is a special place to stargaze, and people are invited onto the grounds after hours to experience it for themselves. “I get the luxury of seeing that all the time,” Split Rock ...

In the early years of the 20th century, iron ore shipments on Lake Superior doubled and redoubled. United States Steel’s bulk ore carriers became “the greatest exclusive freight-carrying fleet sailing ...

The Minnesota Historical Society is laying the groundwork for repairs to three of the most iconic and historically significant structures in the state — the Split Rock Lighthouse and two buildings at ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Restoration work on one of Minnesota's most iconic tourist spots will limit opportunities for visitors for just over two weeks in May. A project is set to begin at Split ...

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Perched dramatically on a cliff over Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse has stood for more than a century as both a ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Under the glow of Split Rock Lighthouse, thousands gathered Monday evening to remember one of the Great Lakes’ darkest nights — the loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The annual ...

A restoration project is underway at Split Rock Lighthouse, with work expected to continue through June and scaffolding now visible on the historic site. Site Manager Hayes Scriven said the project ...

More than 2,000 people turned out Monday on the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society commemorated the tragedy, which ...

DULUTH — Peter Geye is not the first author to set a story at a lighthouse. "There's something magical about them, something mysterious," said Geye when we connected recently. "Split Rock, maybe, ...