This thrice-built, black-and-white lighthouse sits south of Nags Head on Bodie Island. The first version fell due to poor construction, the second was destroyed during the Civil War and the latest ...

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and ... After visiting the lighthouse, take a stroll around Historic Corolla Park, which ...

D’Ambra’s history lesson includes Native American ... Ocracoke Lighthouse is North Carolina’s oldest. The Bodie Island Lighthouse contains its original Fresnel lens; it was illuminated ...