Split Rock Lighthouse was spun from a dark day. “Split Rock was born out of a – really, actually a horrific storm in 1905,” Keeper Hayes Scriven said. “It was a really bad November gale ...

Split Rock Lighthouse is a special place to stargaze, and people are invited onto the grounds after hours to experience it for themselves. “I get the luxury of seeing that all the time,” Split ...

As Split Rock Lighthouse's first head keeper from 1910 to 1928, Orren "Pete" Young cautioned countless sailors from his cliff-top perch overlooking Lake Superior, 50 miles up the shore from Duluth.

An iconic site on the Lake Superior shoreline will be briefly closed to tourists this spring for repair and restoration. Construction at Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors will start May 5, the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- It's one of the most recognizable landmarks in our state: the Split Rock Lighthouse near Two Harbors. In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how this ...

Split Rock Lighthouse is celebrating its 100th birthday. Completed by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1910, today it is one of America's best-preserved lighthouses and a top tourist attraction in ...

"It was a big expense," said Hayes Scriven, standing next to a replica of the lens that focuses the beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, "but we wanted to spend the money to make it right, and make it ...

DULUTH, Minn. — The 110-year-old Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior’s North Shore is usually only lit once a year to mark the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November.

Lee was the historic site manager for Split Rock Lighthouse overlooking Lake Superior on Minnesota’s North Shore. The family lived in one of the historic keeper houses, just steps away from the ...

Split Rock Lighthouse was evacuated earlier this week after a fire broke out in the woods near the historic North Shore site, officials said in a social media post. Photos the Minnesota Historical ...

Construction at Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors will start May 5, the Minnesota Historical Society said, at which point the lighthouse itself and other historic buildings will be closed to ...