Split Rock Lighthouse was spun from a dark day. “Split Rock was born out of a – really, actually a horrific storm in 1905,” Keeper Hayes Scriven said. “It was a really bad November gale, and it caught ...

An iconic site on the Lake Superior shoreline will be briefly closed to tourists this spring for repair and restoration. Construction at Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors will start May 5, the ...

The 110-year-old Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior’s North Shore is usually only lit once per year to mark the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November. But new site manager ...

When Lee Radzak started to write a book about the job he held for 36 years, his wife, Jane, wasn’t sure how important or necessary their family’s experiences were to the narrative. “To me, we just ...

As Split Rock Lighthouse's first head keeper from 1910 to 1928, Orren "Pete" Young cautioned countless sailors from his cliff-top perch overlooking Lake Superior, 50 miles up the shore from Duluth.

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Restoration work on one of Minnesota's most iconic tourist spots will limit opportunities for visitors for just over two weeks in May. A project is set to begin at Split ...

TWO HARBORS — If you're going to replicate a lens comprising 252 prisms, you want to avoid half-measures. "It was a big expense," said Hayes Scriven, standing next to a replica of the lens that ...

BEAVER BAY, Minn. — Mountain bike riders either love or hate the new Split Rock Wilds trail system between Split Rock Lighthouse State Park and Beaver Bay in Minnesota. "As you might expect with a ...

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