LAKE COUNTY, Minn. — A full-sized replica of Split Rock Lighthouse's third-order Fresnel lens — like the one that occasionally casts its beam out over Lake Superior — is among the highlights of the ...

It’s spring, and that means many of us are thinking about Up North. Today we’ve got a guide to wildflowers in the north and other parts of Minnesota, as well as informative and lively books about ...

The long-range plan published in 1980 for further development of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park along the North Shore has aged well — so much so that the park of 2022 is making a key part of the ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If the Lighthouse Point project in St. George was built according to its original fundamental plan, North Shore residents would have benefitted from the $250 million mixed-use ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. - You don't have to ask me twice to make the drive to Minnesota's North Shore, especially when the weather is perfect. Mother Nature gets an applause from me after this past weekend ...

When Lee Radzak took the job as the resident historic site manager at Split Rock Lighthouse in 1982, he, and his wife, Jane, decided to give it three years and see how they felt. “The three years came ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — A beacon of Minnesota's north shore will again be welcoming visitors when Split Rock Lighthouse near Two Harbors reopens Wednesday. The popular attraction was among a number of ...

Buildings dating to the 1800's, when the site was a nationally-significant U.S. Lighthouse Service Depot, sit unused in a ...

LAKE COUNTY, Minn. — It’s a sunny August Saturday at Split Rock Lighthouse historical site in northern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. There’s a line out the lighthouse door of visitors eager ...

When Hayes Scriven applied for a tour guide position at Split Rock Lighthouse after college, he didn't get the job. The Split Rock program manager at the time looked at Scriven after the interview and ...