Hey, I gotta say I like the pictures. I come from Racine, ten miles north of Kenosha, Wisconsin. I tried to get some photos of the Kenosha North Pierhead Light a couple of years ago, and couldn't get close enough for a good shot.

Of the three lighthouses for sale, the prettiest one is the Fairport Harbor Breakwater Light on Lake Erie in Ohio - and there are TWO lighthouses at Fairport Harbor. I visited almost all the Ohio lighthouses when I drove around Lake Erie in July, 1998. The current bid on this light is $39,500, and there are 16 hours left to bid.

To my mind, the Conneaut West Breakwater Light, also on Lake Erie in Ohio, isn't much to look at. It's an Art Deco style tower built in 1935. It had a lantern room until 1972, and it may have looked more interesting before that lantern room was replaced by a modern beacon.


Can't say I've really been tempted to buy a lighthouse. I hate painting, and lighthouse paint doesn't last very long. Lighthouses sure are pretty to look at, though. Take a look at the Wind Point Lighthouse on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan - that was two blocks away from our home, and we had a good view of it when I was growing up. Now the trees have grown, and you can no longer see the lighthouse from the house where I grew up.

A drive around one of the Great Lakes is one of the most relaxing vacations you can take in the United States. Lots of quaint little towns and lots of pretty lighthouses - and Midwesterners are nice people.

-Joe-