When most people think of Minnesota Lighthouses, they immediately go to Split Rock Lighthouse. But lighthouses are scattered all over Minnesota, including St. Paul. One of the best parts is seeing how ...

The Split Rock Lighthouse will light its beacon today, Nov. 10, to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. Every year, the landmark lighthouse along Minnesota’s North ...

You don’t have to be a voyageur in a birch-bark canoe to land on Minnesota’s North Shore. If you’re working your way north toward Canada on a Lake Superior circle tour, heading to the Boundary Waters ...

The current lighthouse (shown above) is the third to stand at the end of the pier. The first was commissioned in 1874 and a temporary tower was used when the pier was rebuilt in 1898-1900. The current ...

A legendary Minnesota landmark has a new addition. The Split Rock Lighthouse Visitor Center has a new full-sized replica of the lighthouse beacon. The replica weighs 650 pounds and is more than 5 feet ...

On warm summer days, when the breeze off Lake Superior was brisk enough to be refreshing, but not so cool as to chase them indoors, Lee Radzak and his family liked to sit on the porch of their ...

UPSALA, Minn. (WCCO) -- The North Shore is known for its lighthouses, but what about the middle of Minnesota? In Morrison County, a landmark has become a beacon of light. "He wanted to build the tree ...

The Lake Superior Marine Museum Association is spending $75,000 on upgrades this year. The group is raising money and writing grants to help defray the costs. The Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Outer ...

Lee Radzak is retiring as the Split Rock lighthouse keeper after 36 years — welcoming 160,000 visitors a year. The Minnesota Historical Society is launching a search for a replacement. Imagine 160,000 ...

Minnesota's government shutdown brought some programs at the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss in West Duluth to a halt. Seven students, ranging in age from teens to 50s, won't be getting intensive ...