Just north of First Landing State Park is Cape Henry Lighthouse, the first lighthouse ever authorized by Congress. The attraction still has connections with the government; located on the grounds ...

After two people died in a shipwreck at the nearby Cushing Island in 1787 ... state of Maine was officially lit. The lighthouse was made famous by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a Portland ...

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and Virginia's Cape Henry. Then, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla was created.