(Getty Images)| Two Lights State Park is home to the first twin lighthouses in Maine; both built in 1828. This stretch of coastline has historically been perilous, and at least 98 ships sank in ...

Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where the sun first rises each day in this country.

As trade flourished, the lack of markers for the entrance to Portland Harbor made the journey a dangerous one for incoming merchants, leading to the construction of the state's first lighthouse.

World Monuments Watch says Maine's historic lighthouses are threatened by climate change and intensifying coastal storms, like the ones that battered some of the iconic beacons in January 2024.