After the British troops occupied the lighthouse in 1774, Colonial forces set fire to its wooden parts three times. Though never fully demolished by the fires, when the British left Boston in 1776 ...

Photograph: Belinda Van Zanen Built in 1848, the lighthouse was seen as a 'beacon of hope' for seafarers and ships carrying British immigrants. The lighthouse played a crucial role in guiding ...

In the 1930s, the USSR started building hundreds of lighthouses along this Arctic route. With no keepers, and no other form of electricity available they would run on nuclear energy. Video by ...