Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse dates back to 1824 when Congress appropriated $6,500 for the construction of a 30-foot, land-based tower. It wasn't until November 1875 that the lighthouse was first lit.

I remember my first sight of the odd-looking structure out there in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. It must have been 1974 when I went on the first of many sailing trips with my father, Bill Holland ...

You've seen it in pictures and viewed it from the shore, and you may have even sailed right by it. We're taking you to the iconic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse for its 150th anniversary. The national ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tours of the historic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in Maryland will be resuming this month. The tours will take place on six Saturdays this summer. The first tour will be on ...

Gentle seas greeted the public reopening of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse yesterday, bringing a Chesapeake icon back into business two years into a project historians hope will restore the ...

ON THOMAS POINT SHOAL, CHESAPEAKE BAY -- From the shore, where its cottage-on-stilts silhouette stands out across 1 1/2 miles of water, the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse looks like a postcard-perfect ...

Dating from 1875, the Thomas Point Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay has opened for tours for the first time in its history. AP file photo ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse on the ...

Tom Cagle, right, gives a safety briefing before leaving the dock. Lighthouse enthusiasts took a tour of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Saturday afternoon, leaving from the Annapolis Maritime ...