The
Ultimate Photographic Guide to U.S. Lighthouses
 Packed
on a single CD-ROM, the U.S. Lighthouses ArmchairTour contains
photos and information about every lighthouse in all 50 states.
Explore
850 past and present lighthouses
and lightships
- from New England
to the Gulf, from the Great Lakes to the West Coast, from
Alaska to Hawaii.
Click here to see a complete list
(note-the list is big, so the page might take a few seconds to
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Lights
organized by region and alphabetically,
so you can easily locate a specific light.
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Over
3,000
photographs and architectural drawings,
including "then and now" comparisons with many
antique photos - including never-before-seen images from the
archives of the Coast Guard and Library of Congress. 
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360°
spherical panoramas,
where you control the camera angle. You
can even step inside a first-order Fresnel lens!
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Dozens
of special interest tours including
Lost Lights, Lighthouse Inns, and Disasters and Calamities.
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Driving
directions to
many of the lights.
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Interior
views of some of the
most important lighthouses and lighthouse support buildings.
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Complete descriptions of all
850 sites, including detailed "site histories."
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Massive
bibliography of
lighthouse information.
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Easy
to use point-and-click interface.
Also
Available: Lighthouse Fine Art
Photography
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In addition to
thousands of photos, the CD-ROM includes dozens of interactive specialty tours,
including:
Highlights
There's
an Inn at the Light
Lost
Lights
Calamities
and Disasters
Heros
Pirates and Ghosts
Superlatives
(tallest, oldest)
Interiors
Lighthouse
Preservation
Nat'l
Historic Landmarks
Nat'l
Register of Historic Places
Museums
Wars
Panoramas
Shipwrecks
Famous
People
Colonial
Lights
Architectural
Drawings
Women
Keepers
Architectural
Styles Tours
and
many more...
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