The detailing is beautiful and it's interesting to climb. Marblehead Light in Marblehead, just east of Port Clinton on Lake Erie. Great view from top and on a clear day, you can see Canada. Coastal Living always features articles on the coasts - read Atlantic, Gulf or Pacific. There are beautiful areas to visit and the lakes are just as inspiring as an ocean.
Lighthouses are such an interesting topic.
I have to say the Tybee Lighthouse is on of the best to climb. The lighthouse is beautiful and at the top you have a wonderful view of Fort Pulaski and also Cockspur Island Lighthouse, which managed to survive the attack on Fort Pulaski. I found the lighthouse at Chappy on Martha's Vineyard a fine climb. In Texas there are two lighthouses, one at Port Isabell and the other at Point Boliver. I have not had the pleasure of climbing them but lighthouses are so awesome just viewing them is pleasurable.