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Season 1

  • S01E01 North Atlantic

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses along the Cape Cod and Chesapeake Bay coasts.

  • S01E02 Maine

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses along the Maine coast.

  • S01E03 Western Great Lakes

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses along the Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Isle Royal National Park coasts.

  • S01E04 South Atlantic

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses around North Carolina's Outer Banks to Land's End of Key West.

  • S01E05 California

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses along the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Big Sur coasts.

  • S01E06 Pacific Northwest

    • September 21, 1998

    This episode explores lighthouses along the Washington and Oregon coasts.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Legendary Lighthouses of Hawaii

    • September 7, 2001

    Less than 7,000 miles of land lost in 70 million square miles of ocean, the remote Hawaiian chain of islands has always been a challenge for navigators. This episode highlights Kilauea Point Lighthouse, located on the Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge on Kauai Island; Makapuu Point Lighthouse (above), the biggest and most powerful of the lighthouses in Hawaii, located on the eastern end of Oahu, Hawaii’s most populous island; and the Diamond Head Lighthouse, located near the foot of the extinct Diamond Head volcano. The beautiful and historic keeper's dwelling is now the official residence of the Coast Guard's 14th District Commander, Admiral Joseph McClelland.

  • S02E02 The Legendary Lighthouses of Alaska

    • September 7, 2001

    This episode takes viewers to some of the most remarkable, beautiful and rugged places in America’s "Last Frontier." Strewn with rocks (some still uncharted), mined with icebergs, often blanketed with fog and torn by ferocious storms, the seas around Alaska are some of the most treacherous on the planet. Yet, along Alaska’s 33,000 miles of coastline, only a handful of lighthouses were built to mark the way for ocean-going vessels, pleasure boaters and a fleet of commercial fishermen. Most lighthouses in Alaska were built at the turn of the last century, when gold was discovered, and none are accessible by road. All are reachable only by boat, plane or helicopter.

  • S02E03 The Legendary Lighthouses of the Eastern Great Lakes

    • September 7, 2001

    The Great Lakes, which have long served as an important liquid highway, are the busiest inland waterway on the planet. This program highlights the many lighthouses found along Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Huron.

  • S02E04 The Legendary Lighthouses of the Gulf of Mexico

    • September 7, 2001

    The U.S. Gulf coast stretches for a thousand miles along five states — Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. This episode features the Biloxi Lighthouse — which now stands in the middle of four lanes of traffic in Biloxi, Mississippi — and the privately owned Aransas Pass Light Station in Texas. At one time, Texas had more than 50 lighthouses to mark its long and dangerous shoreline. Today, only a few remain in reasonably good shape and most are in private hands.