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To the uninitiated, the triple-tiered, red-roofed building at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain might look decidedly modern. Shiny and solid, it easily could be mistaken for a bit of misplaced ...
For more than 150 years, these old lighthouses have marked the entrances to rivers and ports across coastal Louisiana. But most of the old structures have fallen victim to hurricanes, sinking land ...
The decks are beneath a pair of oak trees and next to the historic Milneburg Lighthouse, which dates back to the mid-1800s and is located in a spot that was once 3,000 feet offshore.
(NEW ORLEANS) — In front of the old Milneburg Lighthouse -- Brian Batt walks on the same ground Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park once sat for some 75 years. “Over here would have been the ...