How to save a lighthouse? Sleep in one.
Once beacons in rough waters, these historic structures now face an uncertain future.
Dusk falls on Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast in Oregon. Many lighthouse owners are turning to hospitality industry to keep the lights on.Photograph by Edwin Remsburg, VW Pics/Getty Images
ByAnna Fiorentino
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At moonrise, Lorraine Coyle likes to climb the five flights of stairs to the gallery deck of the lantern room at Borden Flats Lighthome
, located 1,500 feet off the coast of Massachusetts. “The flag is flapping in the wind, seagulls fly by at eye level, and there’s nothing like the sound of a foghorn,” says Coyle, a New Yorker and frequent guest at this offshore lighthouse at the mouth of the Taunton River.