A number of rare documents pertaining to a former assistant lighthouse keeper at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse have recently surfaced. The documents were found in the rafters of another Maine lighthouse ...

LUBEC, Maine — At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children's book. Twenty thousand ...

The West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Lubec, Maine (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic). Dubbed “the beginning of America” by locals, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Maine is situated at the ...

Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where the sun first rises each day in this country.

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The romance and nostalgia surrounding vintage lighthouses, which once warned ships of coastal dangers, have drawn visitors to these outposts for years. Next month, lighthouse enthusiasts from across ...

Peering out from rugged cliffs and evergreen forests, more than 60 lighthouses dot Maine's Atlantic coast—and while today they may serve a purpose more aesthetic than practical, a strong preservation ...