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Dark Sky Night at Split Rock Lighthouse

Spend a night outside looking up at the stars at Split Rock Lighthouse. Tuesday, August 12 is Dark Sky Night at Split Rock ...
Clark Backo, Drew Ray Tanner, Olivia Luccardi and Graham Verchere will star in “Split Rock.” The film is described as a ...
Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 50 Years Ago That Predicted Their Split originally appeared on Parade. It’s been 50 years since Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, an album that paid ...
On July 16, 2025, a tragic incident occurred at the Split Rock swimming hole on State Route 55, where a 14-year-old boy ...
Split Rock Lighthouse was operational from 1910 until 1969 when the United States Coast Guard decommissioned and deeded the lighthouse property, including all of the internal workings of the ...
As Split Rock’s historic site manager, Radzak’s duties have been more tourism-related than navigational. “It’s like living in a fishbowl in one sense,” Radzak says.
The Split Rock Lighthouse site, run by the Minnesota Historical Society, sits in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park — up the shore from Two Harbors, between Castle Danger and Beaver Bay — and is ...
Split Rock Lighthouse was commissioned in 1910, and operated until 1969. The state of Minnesota took over the property in 1971, and the Minnesota Historical Society has managed it since 1976.