Exploring the Lighthouses of North Carolina

Here are the lighthouses of North Carolina -- those romantic sentinels on coastal sands that both welcome and warn seafarers. They stand guard where sea and land meet and appear to say: "Here America and the Tar Heel state begin." Several of the Tar Heel lighthouses enjoy superlative status. Cape Hatteras is America's tallest. Oracoke ranks as one of nation's oldest, 1823. Oak Island is the country's newest and brightest. Also inside are: Frying Pan, Baldhead, Price's Creek, Cape Lookout, Diamond Shoals, Bodie Island, and Currituck Beach.