Work began this month on a project aimed at protecting and preserving one of Minnesota’s most visited attractions. Split Rock Lighthouse, built in 1910, draws thousands of visitors each year while ...

The Split Rock Lighthouse beacon, located along the Lake Superior shore near Beaver Bay, is lit at dusk on Nov. 10, 2010, to recognize the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald ...

Split Rock Lighthouse, shown here in 2008, when crews erected scaffolding to replace bricks and the windows around the light at the top of the structure. The lighthouse will look similar this spring, ...

For the first time in the four-decade history of the ceremony, attendance had to be capped: 2,000 tickets were sold. Family members of at least two crewmen who lost their lives on the Fitzgerald were ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — One of the most storied shipwrecks on the Great Lakes will mark its 50th anniversary with a packed house on the north shore of Lake Superior. Every November, folks at the ...

A restoration project is underway at Split Rock Lighthouse, with work expected to continue through June and scaffolding now visible on the historic site. Site Manager Hayes Scriven said the project ...

The Minnesota Historical Society is laying the groundwork for repairs to three of the most iconic and historically significant structures in the state — the Split Rock Lighthouse and two buildings at ...