The four men and one woman, age 29-58, had camped three nights on the exposed basalt outpost and spent their days cleaning up the stone fortress to ready it for sale. They also collected artifacts to ...

Cannon Beach, Oregon — The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Oregon is for sale, for $6.5 million. The island's isolation, impossible boat landings and extreme weather as well as ...

The four men and one woman, age 29-58, had camped three nights on the exposed basalt outpost and spent their days cleaning up the stone fortress to ready it for sale. They also collected artifacts to ...

CANNON BEACH, Ore. – The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Oregon is for sale for $6.5 million. The island’s isolation, impossible boat landings and extreme weather as well as the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Things did not begin well for the Oregon lighthouse that came to ...

Feb. 24—One of the most beloved landmarks on the North Coast is the legendary Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, aka Terrible Tilly, whose light first shone in 1881, and was shut down in 1957. Mimi Morissette ...

What’s it like to fly in a helicopter and land on a seawater-thrashed island with an abandoned lighthouse nicknamed “Terrible Tilly,” a mile off northern Oregon’s coast? Ivory Pearson, 40, of Rockaway ...

The current owner of the lighthouse, built in 1881, has used it for decades to store cremated remains. Its new owners will decide its next chapter. By Christine Hauser From a distance, the Tillamook ...

You can be the owner of a spooky, abandoned lighthouse off the northwest coast of Oregon, accessible only by helicopter and without running water or indoor plumbing, for a mere $6.5 million. Built in ...

Five volunteers braved a brief but chilling helicopter ride Tuesday to return from “Terrible Tilly,” the abandoned 142-year-old Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, a watery mile off the North Coast. The four ...

FILE - Tillamook Head Lighthouse is shown on July 30, 2010, from Ecola State Park, near Cannon Beach, Ore. The lighthouse off the northwest coast of Oregon is for sale for $6.5 million. The island's ...