Lake Superior Nearly Swallowed This Lighthouse. A Retired Couple Refused to Let It.
Crisp Point Lighthouse sits 18 miles down a dirt road on the Shipwreck Coast. It nearly fell into Lake Superior until a retired couple from Ohio saved it.
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Everyone who grew up here has one Lake Superior story they tell people from below the bridge. What's yours? I'll trade you mine in the replies.