National Lighthouse Day brings us to Port Clyde, Maine, where Marshall Point Lighthouse keeps watch over the Atlantic. Lighthouses have long played an important role in seafaring, and for many, they symbolize a simpler, more romantic way of life. Many lighthouses offer tours and some even let guests stay overnight, so they can get a feel for the life of lighthouse keepers who once tended the lights in the days of oil lamps.
Guiding ships to safety
Today in History
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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Ansel Adams birthday
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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Giving Tuesday
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International Polar Bear Day
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Western Monarch Day
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Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Anybody out there?
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Keep watching the skies
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National Fossil Day
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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A bridge of Madison County
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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It s Independence Day
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Cenote near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
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The glass dome of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
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National Bison Day
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My my, it s Syttende Mai
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A giant relic in Java
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Lunar eclipse
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Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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National Trails Day
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