Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Tag: Cape Hatteras

  • Cape Hatteras Light

    Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Buxton, North Carolina (March 2012) The Cape Hatteras Light dominates the surrounding terrain. Unquestionably it serves as the most well-known lighthouse along the mid-Atlantic and maybe the nation.  The black-and-white spiral paint job beckons tourists down the spine of the Outer Banks.  It takes more than an hour of driving south…

  • Bodie Island Light Station

    Cape Hatteras National SeashoreNags Head, North Carolina (March 2012) Bodie Island Light Station The lighthouse on Bodie Island (pronounced “Body” after an early family of the same name) doesn’t have quite the same level of fame or recognition as its cousin on Cape Hatteras but it’s certainly no less important. All of the lights along…