Need a nice Great Lakes retreat? Bid on an historic lighthouse

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CHEBOYGAN, Mich. — You won’t see a “For Sale” sign in the front yard of this on-the-market property, because there is no front yard. There is no back yard, either, and no landscaping, fresh paint, recent kitchen remodel, or cookies baking in the oven to seduce a prospective buyer and close the deal.

The structure for sale just off the coast near here is a 90-year-old lighthouse which has protected Great Lakes mariners and commercial shipping from a treacherous reef that sits well out into the wide channel that connects Lake Huron with the Mackinac Strait and Lake Michigan.

The Poe Reef Lighthouse is a 25-foot square, four-story building with heavy glass block windows and a stark interior of metal, brick, and masonry. The exterior is painted black on the first and fourth levels, and white on the second and third floors. It is anchored to a 64-foot square crib with a concrete foundation. This place won’t be in the next Parade of Homes, but it could likely be yours for a little more than the current lone bid of $51,000, which satisfied the minimum bid threshold of $50,000.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/need-a-nice-great-lakes-retreat-bid-on-an-historic-lighthouse/ar-AAFE2cr?ocid=spartanntp

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1. And no doubt haunted!

[Marie Marie]

2. That was my first thought.

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4. Old lighthouses

Are always haunted!

Google "Terrible Tillie"!

[SCantiGOP]

3. This reminds me of my dentist

He retired 20 years ago. Last appointment I had his hygienist was laughing at him because he had bought a decommissioned fire tower and it’s 1/4 acre of land.

He looked at me and said, “Wouldn’t you want one.” I didn’t even think about it: “Damn right, I would.”

If I had a fire tower and a lighthouse I would be a happy man.