The Bizarre Death of a Keeper at The Eddystone Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2024
Off the coast of Cornwall, on the English Channel, about 14 km south of Rame Head, lies a group of rocks, half submerged and half exposed, k...
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The Vanishing of Flannan’s Lighthouse Keepers
Ria Gupta
Jun 27, 2022
During the cold December days of 1900, three men disappeared off a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. They left no trace or trail, save fo...
The Leaning Kiipsaare Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2022
In the sea, off the coast of Saaremaa, Estonia, stands a slender lighthouse leaning dramatically towards the sea. When it was built in 1933 ...
The Lighthouse at The End of The World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2021
The San Juan de Salvamento lighthouse is located at the very end of the island of states, in Patagonia of Argentina, in the province of Tier...
London’s Only Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2020
On the north bank of River Thames, just across the iconic O2 arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome), stands London’s only lighthouse....
Stannard Rock Light: The Loneliest Place in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2020
The life of a light housekeeper is always lonely, but for sixty years those who served the Stannard Rock Light in Lake Superior, it was extr...
Alexander Mitchell: The Blind Engineer Who Gave Sight to Seafarers
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2019
Sandbanks are a hazard to marine traffic . Often found near coastlines, near the mouth of a river and around ports, these shallow, submerged...
The World’s Most Inland Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2019
Of all the lighthouses in the world, none was built further from the body of water it lit than the one on top of Bidston Hill, on the Irish ...
The Lighthouse That Wrecked More Ships Than it Saved
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2018
For more than forty years a lighthouse stood on a large anvil-shaped peninsula jutting into the Tasman Sea near Jervis Bay, in southern Aust...
The Wave Swept Lighthouses of Brittany, France
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2014
The province of Brittany, in North-western part of France, forms a large peninsula that stretches towards the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the...
Tourlitis Lighthouse, Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2014
The charming little Tourlitis Lighthouse is perched on the islet of Tourlitis, a chunk of rock opposite the harbor at Chora, on Andros islan...
Amelia Earhart’s Lighthouse on Howland Island
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2014
Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 3,100 km southwest of Ho...
The Lighthouse of Strombolicchio
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2014
Strombolicchio (or tiny Stromboli) is a sea stack of volcanic origin located about 2 km to the northeast of the island of Stromboli in the T...
Amedee Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2014
The Amédée lighthouse is an iron lighthouse located on Amédée Island, 24 km away from Nouméa, New Caledonia. At 56 meters tall, it is one of...
Tower of Hercules: A 2nd Century Lighthouse Still in Use
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
The Tower of Hercules, originally known as the "Farum Brigantium", is an ancient Roman lighthouse located on a peninsula about 2.4...
Bishop Rock: The Smallest Island in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2013
Bishop Rock is a small rocky ledge jutting out of the sea, 4 miles west of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. The rock rises from a depth of 4...
Frozen Lighthouses of Lake Michigan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2013
Environmental and landscape photographer Tom Gill has been documenting the natural and man made wonders of the southeastern portion of Lake...
Nugget Point Lighthouse, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 21, 2012
Nugget Point is one of the most iconic landforms on the Otago coast, in the South Island of New Zealand. Located at the northern end of the ...
Rubjerg Knude: The Lighthouse Buried in Sand
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2012
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse is an abandoned lighthouse located on the coast of the North Sea in Rubjerg, in northern Denmark. The light in Rubj...
Roter Sand Lighthouse Turned Hotel in Germany
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2011
Described by some as the “loneliest hotel in Germany,” the Roter Sand lighthouse, some 30 miles off the coast of Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, ...
