Crews are repairing bricks and installing sensors to monitor humidity. Scaffolding will obstruct views of the lighthouse until June.

The Minnesota Historical Society is beginning restoration work at Split Rock Lighthouse. The months-long project will include replacing damaged masonry and installing sensors to monitor moisture data.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tickets are already sold out for a ceremony at Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ...

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 in Two Harbors, Minnesota, is one step closer to being restored after crews completed the first phase of an improvement project. The nonprofit Minnesota Historical Society said ...

LAKE COUNTY, Minn. — It’s a sunny August Saturday at Split Rock Lighthouse historical site in northern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior. There’s a line out the lighthouse door of visitors eager ...

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 ...

According to Split Rock Lighthouse Keeper Hayes Scriven, the historic site and local photography go together “like peanut butter and jelly.” When he took over as keeper in 2019, he wanted to ...

The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center is reporting that drones continue to show up unannounced on Minnesota wildfires. Firefighters responding to a small fire on Tuesday, near Split Rock Lighthouse ...

More than 2,000 people turned out Monday on the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Split Rock Lighthouse and the Minnesota Historical Society commemorated the tragedy, which ...

A helicopter drops water on a small wildfire at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park on Tuesday, March 12. The helicopter had to be grounded when an unauthorized drone was spotted flying near the fire.

CASTLE DANGER, Minn. — A helicopter battling a small wildfire at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior on Tuesday had to be grounded and then sent back to base ...