St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum

The tower has been guiding ships into St. Augustine's port since 1874 — the second lighthouse on this spot, but the first dates to 1824, and navigational markers of some kind have stood here since the Spanish arrived in 1565. At 165 feet, the current tower still functions as an active aid to navigation. The nonprofit museum that owns it has pulled shipwrecks from the surrounding waters, including a vessel believed lost during the 1782 British evacuation of Charleston. Ghost hunters have claimed the place for years; skeptics have explanations involving seagulls and wind.