The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Hatteras Island was commissioned in 1794 and has been rebuilt several times. The present-day lighthouse was built in 1870 and moved to its current location in 1999.

The Coast Guard still operates the light, while the National Park Service maintains the lighthouse and its keepers’ quarters as part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore — 70 miles of barrier islands ...

In its 154 years, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton has saved countless mariners from disaster in the treacherous waters where the Gulf Stream clashes with the Labrador Current and tries to ...

Major renovations are about to start at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The project will take at least 18 months to complete, according to the National Park Service. Scaffolding will soon cover the ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — Crews found "significant corrosion and cracking" while doing masonry work on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse last week, potentially leading to a major delay in the overall ...

MANTEO, N.C. (WNCN) — An iconic North Carolina lighthouse is getting a makeover. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, known for its black and white spiraling paint and red brick base, is covered with ...

The first phase of the $19.2 million project to restore and rehabilitate the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is set to begin. Once the project begins, the National Park Service said there will be varying ...

The U.S. East Coast’s most emblematic surf spot, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse — the world-class beachbreak thumping underneath that diagonal-striped beacon famously dubbed the “Wave Magnet ...

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. — The iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is undergoing a $19.2 million restoration project, which promises to restore the structure to its best condition since it was ...

A unique piece of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse with ties to the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant is set to return 100 years after it vanished, according to the National Park Service. The octagonal ...