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Lighthouse Explorers — 65 episodes

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

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Ed Peppitt & his 3,500 Mile Lighthouse Adventure

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

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

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

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

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

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The Joys of Lighthouse Keeping | Gerry Butler

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

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The importance of local museums | Lowestoft lighthouse & maritime museum

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The benefits of lighthouse exploring

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

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Sense & Sustainability (& Start Point Lighthouse)

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

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The science and history behind the Fresnel lens

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

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The OLDEST lighthouse in Alaska: Eldred Rock Lighthouse

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Prominent women in lighthouse keeping history

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A Conversation with an Almost-Lighthouse Keeper: Geoff Saunders

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The Dangers of Lighthouse Keeping

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

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

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An introduction to Canadian lighthouses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Scottish Lighthouse Roadtrip: Part Two

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Scottish Lighthouse Roadtrip: Part One

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

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

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

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

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'The Ghost Ship of Puck Bay': Polish Lighthouses

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

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

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A little bit of Friday lighthouse fun

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Crich Stand, The Peak District

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Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine, USA

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

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Most northerly lighthouse in Britain: Muckle Flugga, Scotland

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Most landlocked lighthouse: Bidston Lighthouse, Merseyside, UK

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

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The ghosts of the Great Lakes Lighthouses, USA

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St Augustine Lighthouse, Florida, USA

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

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South Stack Lighthouse, Wales

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Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth

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Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, Ireland

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Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Wales

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A brief history of US lighthouses

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Flannan Isle Mystery, Scotland

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Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt

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The Tower of Hercules, Spain

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Jeddah Lighthouse, Saudi Arabia

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Beachy Head Lighthouse, East Sussex

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Trinity House

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Southsea Lighthouse, Hampshire

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The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy

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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina

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Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk

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