St George Island Lighthouse

  St George Island Lighthouse The first lighthouse on St. George Island was erected in 1833 near the island’s western tip. It marked the narrow entrance to Apalachicola Bay at West Pass between St. George Island and St. Vincent Island.  In 1847 Congress appropriated $8,000 for a new lighthouse on

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Cape San Blas Lighthouse

  Cape San Blas Lighthouse The Cape San Blas Lighthouse was built more than 130 years ago when Congress appropriated $8,000 to erect the original structure. It was designed to guide vessels around the shoals running out from the Cape using the sole beacon that could be seen for up

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Round Island Lighthouse

  Round Island Lighthouse Round Island Lighthouse stood from 1859 to 1998 on the southwest end of Round Island in the Mississippi Sound, 4 miles south of Pascagoula, Mississippi. In September 1998, the lighthouse was toppled by Hurricane Georges. In 2010, the base of the structure and other lighthouse remnants

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Anclote Key Lighthouse

  Anclote Key Lighthouse The Anclote Keys Light is a lighthouse built in 1887 on Anclote Key, the largest of the Anclote Keys. It is a skeletal square pyramidal tower, painted brown, with a black lantern. After the lighthouse was automated in 1952 the tower and other buildings at the

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Sanibel Island Lighthouse

  Sanibel Island Lighthouse In 2022, Hurricane Ian severely damaged the station, destroying both keeper’s houses and all of the remaining outbuildings. The tower lost one leg, but was still standing as of September 29, 2022. The Sanibel Island Light or Point Ybel Light was one of the first lighthouses

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Chapel On The Dunes

  Chapel On The Dunes High on a sand dune overlooking the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas, there is a little white Chapel, the oldest functional consecrated church on the Island. Built on one of the highest points in Port Aransas and overlooking the ocean, the outside of the

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Padre Island National Seashore

   Padre Island National Seashore North Padre Island is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world. Meaning father in Spanish, it was named after Father José Nicolás Ballí (c.1770-1829), who owned the island and served as a missionary priest and collector of finances for all the churches in the

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Bombay Beach

  Bombay Beach Bombay Beach is located on the Salton Sea, and is the lowest community in the United States, located 223 feet below sea level. Bombay Beach features a large number of art pieces and installations around the town and along the beach. During the 1950s, Bombay Beach was

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Castle Dome City Ghost Town

  Castle Dome City Ghost Town Castle Dome Landing, Arizona (also Castle Dome City) is a ghost town in the Castle Dome Mountains of Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was first settled as a transport depot and mining camp around 1863 in what was then the

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Tumacacori National Historical Park

  Tumacacori National Historical Park The  main feature of the park is the remarkably well-preserved Mission San José de Tumacácori, which was built in the 1750s to replace the much older Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori — the first mission in southern Arizona. The park gives you the opportunity to take

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