That's Ocean Front Property

Ocean Front Property without the hassle of your beach eroding as a bonus!!! $170,000 couldn't buy you beachfront in Hatteras, NC, or Sandbridge, VA, but it can buy the Smith Point lighthouse as Dave and Terri McNally of Winona, Minnesota can attest. As described in


this WaPo article

Mr. McNally had some spare cash around and an interest in a "family retreat".

Mr. McNally plans to renovate the 24' diameter, two story structure built atop an Iron caisson filled with concrete by converting the first floor into a kitchen, pantry and sitting room with the 2nd floor becoming two bedrooms. The McNally's (who are contractors and own their own lumber) figure their renovation costs at $75,000.

The Coast Guard will continue to maintain the light and foghorn atop the lighthouse, that was built in 1897 and lies about 3 miles offshore at the mouth of the Potomac River in the Chesapeake Bay. Here is
the link to the photo gallery, enjoy!!!