In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 photo, Charleston Light, the last major lighthouse built in the United States, is seen on Sullivans Island, S.C. The National Park Service is considering alternatives in ...

HUNTING ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The only historic lighthouse regularly open to the public in South Carolina is closed for repairs, earlier than planned. The weekly inspection of the Hunting Island State ...

Many are familiar with one of Hilton Head Island’s two lighthouses. That’s correct! The island is home to not one but two different lighthouses. In fact, there are several more lighthouses located ...

On Aug. 7, exactly 229 years ago, the newly created nation of the United States got serious about helping sailors just off its shores. That's when Congress passed an act to establish lighthouses, ...

HUNTING ISLAND — South Carolina has just one historic lighthouse that's regularly open to the public, but, temporarily, that number has dropped to zero. After finding new cracks during a weekly check ...

Love the idea of staying in a historic lighthouse? As of this month, visitors to Haig Point, a private gated community and golf club in South Carolina, will be able to stay in Haig Point's Strachan ...

Although this may have slipped off your radar — August 7 marks National Lighthouse Day. And in celebration, USA TODAY put together a slideshow of 50 “Lighthouses around the U.S.,” which included a ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP/WCIV) - A 10-year effort to preserve the Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston Harbor has protected the 19th Century light from collapse. But the structure is far from saved.

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. – The last major lighthouse built in the United States is showing its age at 50, but the National Park Service is reviewing a management plan to maintain the beacon that still ...

Associated Press SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) The last major lighthouse built in the United States is 50 years old this year. And the National Park Service is considering ways to keep Charleston Light ...