Teams of four are invited to apply for the chance to live and work in the historic Tawas Point Lighthouse for two weeks.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has opened applications for the 2026 Lighthouse Keeper Program at Tawas Point Lighthouse.

The Front Range Lighthouse is open to visitors during the summer and fall seasons, when it is staffed by volunteer keepers.

The Tawas Point Lighthouse program offers a unique vacation alternative with modern amenities inside a piece of Michigan maritime history.

After his retirement as lighthouse keeper on Amelia Island, Tom Sintes' great-grandfather, Thomas Patrick O'Hagan, wrote down some of his memories at the urging of his family. Several excerpts were ...

On an exceptionally calm fall morning, Scott Dombrowski walked down an old dock toward a small dinghy. He looked out over the waters of Cape Porpoise, Maine, and commented on how still the water was ...

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