Saturday, February 1, 2014

Lighthouse of the Week, February 2-8, 2014


Not all lighthouses are situated on picturesque rocky coasts or amidst the sandy dunes of coastal beaches.   The Matagorda Light in Texas is right in the middle of Matagorda Island, and it's set amidst some dune grass and lowlying beach swamp.  But it is one of the more unusually-shaped light towers in the lighthouse genre.

Here's the story of it.

And it is still near the beach.




















And it can be reasonably picturesque from some angles.


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