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Phare de Cordouan

The Phare de Cordouan is a Renaissance-era lighthouse located on an island in France’s Gironde estuary. It remains the w...

Renaissance Active Offshore Oldest France

9.6 Brilliant

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Lanterna di Genova

The Lanterna di Genova is a historic lighthouse situated on Liguria’s breakwater. Constructed in the late eighteenth cen...

Italy Historic Harbor Genoa

9.4 Excellent

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La Jument Lighthouse

The La Jument Lighthouse is an active French lighthouse situated on a small island off the coast of Brittany. Built in 1...

France 20TH Century Active Offshore

9.3 Excellent

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Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

The Peggy's Cove Lighthouse stands on Canada’s Nova Scotia coast, marking the southwestern entrance to Halifax Harbour....

Iconic Canada Coastal Active

9.3 Excellent

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Portland Head Light

The Portland Head Light stands as Maine’s oldest continuously operating lighthouse. Constructed in 1872 atop Fort Willia...

Historic Coastal Active Colonial

8.8 Great

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Suomenlinna Lighthouse

The Suomenlinna Lighthouse stands on Kotlin Island, Finland, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Suomenlinna Fortress...

Active Island Finland Harbor

8.3 Great

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Sambro Island Lighthouse

The Sambro Island Lighthouse is Canada’s oldest lighthouse, built in 1846 on a small island within Nova Scotia’s Bras d’...

18TH Century Active Island Nova Scotia

8.2 Great

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Marshall Point Lighthouse

The Marshall Point Lighthouse stands as Maine’s oldest continually operating lighthouse. Constructed in 1825, it guides...

Maine Active Museum Harbor

8.1 Great

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Lizard Lighthouse

The Lizard Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon situated on England's southwestern coast. Constructed in the 18th cen...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

8.0 Great

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Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Completed in 1879, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse stands as the oldest standing lighthouse in New Jersey and served as the fi...

New Jersey Active Colonial Harbor

7.8 Good

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Alcatraz Island Lighthouse

The Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, constructed in 1851, was a manually operated Fresnel lens lighthouse guiding ships throu...

California Active Island West Coast

7.8 Good

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Happisburgh Lighthouse

Standing on the Norfolk coast since 1796, the Happisburgh Lighthouse is a manually operated tower built to warn mariners...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

7.7 Good

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Flamborough Head Lighthouse

Flamborough Head Lighthouse, situated on the easternmost point of Yorkshire’s dramatic coastline, stands as a towering g...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

7.7 Good

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Gibraltar Lighthouse

The Gibraltar Lighthouse, situated at the westernmost point of Europe, is a hexagonal granite tower built in 1827 to gui...

Gibraltar 19TH Century Historic Active

7.7 Good

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Baily Lighthouse

Located on the remote Isle of Eigg in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, Baily Lighthouse was built in 1936 and stands as a dist...

19TH Century Ireland Active Dublin

7.5 Good

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Point Wilson Lighthouse

Point Wilson Lighthouse, located on the southwestern tip of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, stands as the oldest c...

Washington 20TH Century Active Harbor

7.3 Good

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Utö Lighthouse

Utö Lighthouse, located on the remote Utö island in the Baltic Sea, was built in 1862 and stands as a distinctive red-an...

18TH Century Active Island Finland

7.1 Good

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Owls Head Lighthouse

Located on a rocky headland in Camden, Maine, the Owls Head Lighthouse stands as a granite tower built in 1858 to guide...

19TH Century Coastal Maine Active

6.9 Fair

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Green Point Lighthouse

The Green Point Lighthouse, situated on the southwestern tip of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, began operation in 1846 and s...

South Africa 19TH Century Active Harbor

6.9 Fair

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Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse

Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse, built in 1906, stands on a granite breakwater extending into the Menai Strait, providing...

19TH Century Active Wales Harbor

6.9 Fair