Lighthouse keeper jobs were among the first federal positions – outside clerical work – to open to women, and Michigan had more than any other state, officials said. Today is National Lighthouse Day ...

Matt Rosenberg, a full-time English teacher, commutes by paddleboat to maintain a Maine lighthouse. Rosenberg values the peace and tradition of lighthouse keeping despite its physical demands.

IT FELT LIKE I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN HAS REACHED ITS FINAL DAYS. I THINK I HAVE THE LONGEST TEMP JOB IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR. FOR SALLY SNOWMAN WORKING AS THE KEEPER OF BOSTON LIGHT HAS BEEN ...

For the greater part of two decades, Sally Snowman has lived and worked contentedly on Little Brewster Island, a craggy patch of bare rock, crabgrass, concrete, and dilapidated buildings in Boston’s ...