Lighthouse Explorers

Why did lighthouse keepers go mad? The joys of mercury poisoning.

Ed Peppitt & his 3,500 Mile Lighthouse Adventure

Cycling 1000km Just to See Lighthouses & Dodging Storms | Our Summer Updates

Tynemouth’s Lighthouses, Dickens, & Storms | 5 Minute Light(house) Bites

Pocket-sized men at Southwold Lighthouse | 5 Minute Light(house) Bites

Haunting of the Point of Ayr Lighthouse | 5 Minute Light(house) bites

The Birth of New Technologies at South Foreland Lighthouse | 5 Minute Light(house) Bites

The Joys of Lighthouse Keeping | Gerry Butler

The Graveyard of the Great Lakes + their Lighthouses | 5 Minute Light(house) Bites

The importance of local museums | Lowestoft lighthouse & maritime museum

The benefits of lighthouse exploring

Tricking strangers into exploring lighthouses with me! Beachy Head & Belle Tout lighthouses

Sense & Sustainability (& Start Point Lighthouse)

The end of lighthouse keepers in Great Britain: North Foreland Lighthouse

The science and history behind the Fresnel lens

How do you look after a lighthouse? A conversation with a lighthouse keeper

The OLDEST lighthouse in Alaska: Eldred Rock Lighthouse

Prominent women in lighthouse keeping history

A Conversation with an Almost-Lighthouse Keeper: Geoff Saunders

The Dangers of Lighthouse Keeping

Another of the Stevenson’s Scottish Masterpieces: Cape Wrath Lighthouse

Tsunamis, 'Todai fans' + 'the father of Japanese lighthouses': A brief history of Japanese lighthouses

An introduction to Canadian lighthouses

Kidnappings and epic fires: the eventful history of Eddystone Rock and its lighthouses

Grace & William Darling's daring rescue: Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland

The worst lighthouse in history?!: Cape St George Lighthouse, Southern Australia

The early history of lighthouses (DISCLAIMER! There's a UK focus)

The good, the bad, and the demolished: Isle of Wight Lighthouses, UK

A failed World War One defence tower, but a successful lighthouse: The Nab Tower Lighthouse, Portsmouth, UK

A snowstorm, a sick hero, and the 'Australia' shipwreck: Cape Elizabeth Light, Maine

Scottish Lighthouse Roadtrip: Part Two

Scottish Lighthouse Roadtrip: Part One

The Douglass Family's Impact on Lighthouse History (... and a ghost ship): Isles of Scilly Lighthouses

Shipwrecks, Sahara Desert Slime, and Lightning Strikes: Flatholm Lighthouse, Wales

Captain Walter S. Ames, a HERO: Whaleback Light, Portsmouth Harbor, USA

The brightest + most isolated lighthouses in the world: Thridrangaviti + Nordurgardi Lighthouses, Iceland

'The Ghost Ship of Puck Bay': Polish Lighthouses

Tragedy strikes lighthouse keeper + his daughter: North Island Lighthouse, South Carolina, USA

The 'only' lighthouse in London: Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse

A little bit of Friday lighthouse fun

Crich Stand, The Peak District

Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine, USA

Why do ghost stories cling to lighthouses like moths to a flame?

Most northerly lighthouse in Britain: Muckle Flugga, Scotland

Most landlocked lighthouse: Bidston Lighthouse, Merseyside, UK

Most likely to fall into the ocean: Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Delaware, USA

The ghosts of the Great Lakes Lighthouses, USA

St Augustine Lighthouse, Florida, USA

The Northern Lighthouse Board (Scotland), Trinity House (England) and the US Coast Guard

South Stack Lighthouse, Wales