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Frisco is on the verge of regaining one of its iconic landmarks, roughly a century after it disappeared. Contractors are ...

The Forest Fire Lookout Association reports that among nearly 9,000 lookout towers that once stood across the nation, fewer than 3,000 are still standing and fewer than 1,000 are staffed.

Completed in 2016 in Port Melbourne, Australia. Images by Peter Clarke. Conceived as a sculptural element in The Port Melbourne landscape, Sandridge Lookout acts as both a pedestrian viewpoint and ...

Most of their towers were built by towns and states — at the time, no federally funded firefighting existed — after the Big Blowup, the 1910 fire that burned 3,000,000 acres in Montana, Idaho ...

Indeed, the lookout tower, which stands 25 feet above 7,800-foot Keller Peak, has a commanding view of the Inland Empire and much of Southern California. Last week, visitors could just make out ...

Lookout towers became an integral part of the nation’s firefighting apparatus following the devastating Great Burn of 1910 that torched 3 million acres across northern and central Idaho and ...

The tower’s 12-foot-by-12-foot cab lookout was staffed by the Alabama Forestry Commission until 1989. The buildings began deteriorating, but a local interest group repaired and saved them from ...

Lookout tower: Why Metro Parks chose Scioto Grove Metro Parks director Tim Moloney said the park district is excited to introduce the feature to park patrons, and hope to do so by the end of this ...

Tickets can be purchased online and at the tower when it is open. Hours Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. To learn more, visit the World War II Lookout Tower's website.