The Minnesota Historical Society said crews are wrapping up a project that included a new sensor system to better regulate ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Minnesota winters, that means dealing with the dreaded freeze-thaw system. And even historic buildings like the Split ...

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 Minnesota Historical Society will open an exhibit Friday contextualizing the iconic North Shore landmark. The centerpiece is a full-scale replica of the beacon's lens. A full-scale replica of the ...

The Town of Onondaga Historical Society continues its commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the Split Rock explosion with a graveside remembrance at Oakwood Cemetery on Sunday, July 1, 2018. ...

For the first time in the four-decade history of the ceremony, attendance had to be capped: 2,000 tickets were sold. Family members of at least two crewmen who lost their lives on the Fitzgerald were ...

Lee Radzak looks over the Lake Superior on March 27, 2019, at Split Rock Lighthouse located near Two Harbors, Minn. Razdak will retire this month after 36 years as the longest-serving manager of the ...