North Point Lighthouse

The North Point Lighthouse Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marks the entrance to the Milwaukee River on the shore of Lake Michigan. The historic complex brings together three phases of construction: the original lighthouse from 1855, an iron tower from 1888 in the Queen Anne style along with a keeper's residence, and a steel structure from 1912 that increased the height to 23 meters (about 75 feet). After the Coast Guard decommissioned it in 1994, the site was restored and reopened as a maritime museum in 2007. Today, you can explore the historic architecture and the maritime history of the site.