Split Rock Lighthouse wasn't a tourist destination for Beulah Covell-Myers - it was home for much of her childhood. The daughter of Franklin Covell, one of only two head Split Rock lighthouse keepers, ...

Minnesota Historical Society plans major repairs at Split Rock Lighthouse and Fort Snelling buildings, addressing moisture ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Dyrt camping app has named campgrounds in Minnesota and North Dakota to its list of the 10 best places to camp for 2025. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park campground on Lake Superior was No. 3 on ...

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

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. — A beacon of Minnesota's north shore will again be welcoming visitors when Split Rock Lighthouse near Two Harbors reopens Wednesday. The popular attraction was among a number of ...

When Hayes Scriven applied for a tour guide position at Split Rock Lighthouse after college, he didn't get the job. The Split Rock program manager at the time looked at Scriven after the interview and ...