“I would love it if people were lighthouse geeks like me and they wanted to know about the history.”

Jeff Gales is Executive Director with the U.S. Lighthouse Society and is a self-described "lighthouse geek." The national organization, the only one of its kind, attempts to shine a light on the wonderfully unique buildings that have lit the way for untold numbers of people for thousands of years.

Lighthouses have some of the most captivating architecture and have long captured the fascination of travelers, seafarers, historians and many others drawn to the structures that have been around in one form or another for thousands of years .

Founded in San Francisco in 1983, the society's purpose is to draw attention to the plight of lighthouses across America which were deteriorating qui

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