(Oregon Coast) – They inspire imaginations, impart mystery and create an ever-widening array of emotions and dreamy notions. And many of them may or may not be haunted.

Four of the five lighthouses on the upper half of Oregon’s coast are some of the most legendary. Indeed, one – the Heceta Head Lighthouse, near Florence – is the most photographed lighthouse in the world. The others are the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and the Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport, the lighthouse atop Cape Lookout (near Tillamook), and the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, a mile offshore from Seaside and Cannon Beach.