Split Rock Lighthouse wasn't a tourist destination for Beulah Covell-Myers - it was home for much of her childhood. The daughter of Franklin Covell, one of only two head Split Rock lighthouse keepers, ...

On Split Rock Lighthouse honors the tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, remembering all 29 crew members lost with a special ceremony and a tolling bell.

The 110-year-old Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior’s North Shore is usually only lit once per year to mark the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November. But new site manager ...

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 the ...

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 ...

More than 2,000 people turned out Monday on the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society commemorated the tragedy, which ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Mike Roberts was the last U.S. Coast Guard officer on duty at Split Rock Lighthouse, the Minnesota tourist destination near Two Harbors that draws more than 100,000 visitors a year ...

When Lee Radzak started to write a book about the job he held for 36 years, his wife, Jane, wasn’t sure how important or necessary their family’s experiences were to the narrative. “To me, we just ...

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.

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 historic ...

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. But new ...