2001-07-08 04:00:00 PDT Point Arena, Mendocino County-- It's always sunset when I get to the Point Arena Lighthouse. The stark needle of land, lashed by winter squalls and scoured by summer winds, has ...

A cat left behind at a Mendocino County lighthouse is now a viral sensation, thanks to a TikTok last week that has been viewed more than a quarter of a million times. The cat, adopted by Point Arena ...

A powerful night-time beam of light used to sweep 20 miles out across a darkened sea from the historic Point Arena Lighthouse, providing a navigational aid for generations of mariners. Beginning in ...

The actual story of California’s lighthouse at Point Arena is a fascinating one. The lighthouse, originally built in 1870 135 miles north of San Francisco and rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake, stands ...

As you crane your neck to take in the 145 iron stairs – 115 feet of climbing in all – that await, you can’t help but grumble that, dang it, the view from the top of the Point Arena Lighthouse had ...

The strangest, coolest and most obscure national monument in California just got less strange and a whole lot cooler. And it's about to become considerably less obscure. Even among outdoor enthusiasts ...

Don’t be like me. Get off the highway and head out to the Point Arena Lighthouse. Look for a sign for Point Arena -Stornetta pictured below and park next to it on the side of the road. You can also ...

For those in the know, the tiny Mendocino town of Point Arena has always been a secret destination for those traveling along California’s North Coast. The cat was officially let out of the bag in 2014 ...

FULL MOONS... are about to get a lot of play in pop culture, what with autumn just ahead, and Halloween, and all of the werewolf-y, night-atmospheric films on the ...