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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Dashing through the snow
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The roots of invention
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International Kissing Day
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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Last stop before leaving the solar system
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Headed to the High Country
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You re feeling sleepy
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Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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World Penguin Day
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Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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From pirate port to nature preserve
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Bear cubs roughhouse on Siblings Day
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
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World Maritime Day
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Presidents Day
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Dalyan, Turkey
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Happy Father s Day
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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Room at the top?
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Let’s go mothing
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My my, it s Syttende Mai