With a history dating back to the early 1800s, Point Lookout Lighthouse in St. Mary's County is a fascinating yet often overlooked landmark. By Kaylie Jasinski.

History and How You Can Help

In 1823, William Bedford Barney, a Naval officer serving as a federal representative at the booming port of Baltimore, wrote to Washington about the situation just south of Annapolis where shipping was all-too-frequently disrupted by a poorly marked, hard-packed shoal reaching more than a mile from shore and into the busy shipping lanes.