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Big Sable Point Light is a 112-foot Lake Michigan lighthouse built in 1867 in Michigan, later encased in steel plate in 1900.
Old Mackinac Point Light is an 1892 Michigan lighthouse at the Straits of Mackinac, deactivated in 1957 after the Mackinac Bridge opened.
Little Sable Point Light is a 107-foot Michigan brick tower built in 1874, an Orlando M. Poe design in today's Silver Lake State Park.
Point Clark Lighthouse is an 1859 Ontario Imperial Tower by John Brown, built of cut limestone to warn ships from Lake Huron shoals.
Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is an 1808 stone tower on the Toronto Islands, regarded as the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Great Lakes.
Cove Island Light is an 1858 Ontario Imperial Tower near Tobermory, notable for retaining its original second-order Fresnel lens.
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse was built in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition and moved in 1919 to Chicago's north breakwater.
Chantry Island Lightstation is an 1859 limestone tower off Southampton, Ontario, built by John Brown as one of six Imperial Towers.
Big Tub Lighthouse is an 1885 hexagonal wooden light near Tobermory, Ontario, guiding vessels into Big Tub Harbour on Georgian Bay.
Kincardine Lighthouse is an 1881 harbour light in Ontario, built above its keeper's dwelling near the mouth of the Penetangore River.
Great Lakes Aquarium is a Duluth, Minnesota public aquarium opened in 2000, one of the few U.S. aquariums focused mainly on freshwater habitats.
Aquarium of Niagara is a nonprofit aquarium in Niagara Falls, New York, opened in 1965 and expanded with Great Lakes 360 in 2024.
