The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction.

The federal government is seeking a new steward to purchase the Hooper Island Lighthouse, about four miles west of Middle Hooper Island in the Chesapeake Bay. (General Services Administration) ...

You can be the first to bid on a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse that the federal government is auctioning off online.

Buying a pirate ship houseboat? Tired. Buying a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse? Wired. On your list labeled “Things I Didn’t Know I Needed Until I Saw Them on the Internet,” add the Hooper ...

Efforts to raise enough money to stop a 145-year-old lighthouse from falling into Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay were a big success, and almost all the repair work is done. The hexagon-shaped Thomas ...

Listen to this article A boat ride and ladder climb could be part of your commute to a wood-floored Maryland home on the Chesapeake Bay. The Baltimore Sun reported on Tuesday that a lighthouse ...

You can live on the Chesapeake Bay just outside Baltimore, Maryland in a lighthouse that's up for auction through Sept. 15. According GSA Auctions, the Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light ...

Nowhere on the east coast is there a more fascinating collection of lighthouses than on the nearby Chesapeake Bay.

Most of the Chesapeake Bay’s remaining lighthouses can be seen only from the water, which is where Tilghman Island skipper Mike Richards comes in. Captain Richards gives multiple lighthouse tours, ...