Built in 1964, Frying Pan Tower is an 80-foot-tall decommissioned lighthouse located 32 miles off the coast of North Carolina. One of the last of its kind, the historic site is now a nonprofit ...

Built in 1964, the Frying Pan Tower was originally a light station manned by the Coast Guard that slowly fell into disrepair. It eventually went dark and was abandoned decades ago.

Frying Pan Tower offers social distancing at its finest, where the only masks necessary are the ones used to protect from inhaling rust when working on a project. Giving it back.

UPDATE, 8:50 a.m.: At one point on Thursday night, Florence knocked the camera on the "Frying Pan Tower" off-line. You can check out the latest on Florence by clicking here. The camera is on an ...

Frying Pan Tower, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and about 34 miles off the coast of North Carolina, is being restored – and volunteers are needed. Skip to content.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)—Have you ever wanted to visit the Frying Pan Tower? This could be your chance. The Frying Pan Tower depends on volunteers to help restore and preserve this piece of history ...

The tower was built in 1964 to help ships skirt Frying Pan Shoals, a nearby shallow area infamous for shipwrecks. About 20 Coast Guard cadets lived at the tower full-time during the 1960s and ’70s.

CAPE FEAR, N.C. (WNCN) - A stay at Frying Pan Tower for the weekend is now being raffled off for free by its owner for up to four people. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Richard Neal, who bought ...

SALISBURY — Recently, Troop 443 of Salisbury embarked on an journey to the historic Frying Pan Tower, where 12 Scouts and four leaders dedicated an impressive 288 man-hours to conservation work ...

Amazon, who made a video about how they deliver packages to Frying Pan Tower has also taken interest in Neal's work – recently donating $25,000 to help preserve it. A volunteer adventure.

Frying Pan Tower, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and about 34 miles off the coast of North Carolina, is being restored – and volunteers are needed. Skip to content.