Built by way of a congressional order in 1873, the Grosse Point Lighthouse has a long history of lighting the way to Chicago from the Evanston shoreline. The lighthouse is a national historical ...

For more than 150 years, the Grosse Point Lighthouse has shined brightly on Lake Michigan. A short walk from Northwestern’s campus, the lighthouse provides students and Evanston residents with a ...

Ascending the spiral staircase inside Grosse Point Lighthouse, the first sign that something is wrong comes from the water trickling down the walls. At the top, visitors have to jump over a puddle ...

WGN Radio’s Andy Masur visits the Evanston’s Grosse Point Lighthouse, which stands 135 feet above the water of Lake Michigan. After numerous shipwrecks, it was constructed to show ships the way to the ...