The Minnesota Historical Society is beginning restoration work at Split Rock Lighthouse. The months-long project will include replacing damaged masonry and installing sensors to monitor moisture data.

The beacon is lit in honor of the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Monday at Split Rock Lighthouse on Minnesota's North Shore.

The Split Rock Lighthouse beacon, located along the Lake Superior shore near Beaver Bay, is lit at dusk on Nov. 10, 2010, to recognize the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald ...

For the first time in the four-decade history of the ceremony, attendance had to be capped: 2,000 tickets were sold. Family members of at least two crewmen who lost their lives on the Fitzgerald were ...