The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking input on what to do with the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area’s infrastructure, particularly former Coast Guard buildings.

The lighthouse is maintained by the Coast Guard. The buildings are a hostel with dorm-style rooms, some single and family rooms and a communal kitchen. Rates start at $25 and go up to $63.

The lighthouse was automated by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1972, and the last lighthouse keeper left here in 1974. So these days, when you come to visit this rock, it feels very empty, even if you join ...

The historic Great Lakes lighthouses are being offered to new owners because the U.S. Coast Guard doesn't need to keep them ...

Exploring a historic lighthouse in the Central Coast beach community of Avila Beach sounds like an enchanting adventure already. Add in a kayaking tour to access the 125-year-old, fully-restored ...

There are more than 100 lighthouses in the USA. These picks are beautiful, easy to visit and make for picturesque road trip adventures, from the Florida Keys to the Oregon Coast.

ON THE ROCKY BOTTOM OF DEATH’S Door, a narrow strait in the Wisconsin peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan, lie 128 shipwrecks and one rusting Volkswagen Bug.The shipwrecks are from the age of ...

The Coast Guard formally transferred jurisdiction of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, part of a 16.41-acre site called Lot 22, over to the Bureau of Land Management at the end of July.

The Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse site in 1939, and other military branches – notably the Navy, which intercepted German U-Boat signals from a station on ...

There are 11 lighthouses along the Oregon coast, ... Then, in 1936, all but 16 buildings in Bandon were destroyed in a forest fire. The lighthouse was abandoned in 1939, ...

But it's far from the only lighthouse in Rhode Island. While Michigan has the most lighthouses in the United States, with more than 120 along the Great Lakes, and Maine has the second most at 65, ...