Outer Banks Lighthouse Stories

The Outer Banks carries a remarkable past, spanning the first English settlement in what would become America, the Wright Brother’s work toward powered flight, and the wars fought off this coast before and after.

Today, the Outer Banks continues revealing its hidden stories, from hard-to-pin-down legends to tangible artifacts still turning up beneath the sand and under the water. Discover historic places along NC HWY 12, including the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, the U.S. Weather Bureau Station, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and the Graveyard of the Atlantic museum. Step into small but meaningful pieces of OBX history.

History and lighthouse trip ideas

• A 400-Year History In 1 Day
• Flight From Past to Present
• History, Mystery & Lighthouses
• Lighthouses and Life Savers

Lighthouses

For more than two centuries, lighthouses have watched over the Outer Banks shoreline and helped point mariners and generations of sea travelers in the right direction.