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the distinctive octaganol tower of Split Rock Lighthouse situated on the cliffs of the north shore of Lake Superior
Located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. It is considered one of the most picturesque lighthouses in the United States.
Split Rock Falls is a roadside waterfall in the Adirondack Mountains. It is right along route 9 in New Russia NY. I had to come back a couple times on this day because the sun was ducking in and out the clouds. Adirondack Park is loaded with beautiful waterfalls, many of them right along side the road.
Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Superior North Shore, Minnesota
After a storm on Nov. 28, 1905 had damaged 29 ships, Congress authorized $70,000 to build a lighthouse and fog signal at Split Rock. The light station was completed in 1910.
The light was taken out of service in 1969 when modern navigation methods made it obsolete, but the beacon is lit once a year on November 10th to commemorate the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I have made the beacon lighting ceremony the last two years, and I plan on going every year for as long as I can still make it. Yes, it's cold on the North Shore in November, but if you have a love of history, beauty, and a need for an unexplainable sense of something unexplainable, the trip is well worth it!
Learn More about the history of the Split Rock light.
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Poppy Parker Split Decision rerooted by me
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lingerie and shoes: Barbie Jazz Baby
A little side trail off the Split Rock Side Trail takes you through this fissure, which parallels the escarpment face.
1966 green and white split screen VW camper van. For sale on Soutborough Common today, a snip at £10,000!
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The Cathedral of St. Domnius is a complex of a church, formed from an Imperial Roman mausoleum, with a bell tower; Together they form the Cathedral of Saint Domnius, consecrated at the turn of the 7th century AD, is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date (though the bell tower dates from the 12th century). The structure itself, built in AD 3 is within Diocletian's Palace.
Now that the fall colors are gone for the season, it's not quite at pretty as it could be but still nice to visit all the sites on the north shore of MN.