| Article Title and Link | Content | Lighthouses Mentioned |
| "Life Goes on a Trip" | A trip with the Flying Santa | Straitsmouth, Annisquam, Ipswich, Boston |
| "Hopper is a Realist" | Edward Hopper's paintings | Cape Elizabeth |
| "60,000 Summer Visitors Replace Whalers on Salty Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket" | 7-page essay on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket | Gay Head |
| "Pictures to the Editor: Earhart Light" | Letter and photo to the editor about Amelia Earhart Memorial lighthouse | Amelia Earhart |
| "Hurricane Sweeps Across New England, Kills Hundreds" | Hurricane of '38 photos; | Lighthouse Tender Tulip |
| "Devil's Island" | Photo of a French murderer imprisoned as a lighthouse keeper for life | |
| "A Great Explorer's Son is Best British Bird Painter" | Article on artist Peter Scott and his life at a North Sea lighthouse | East Bank (or Peter Scott) |
| "The Netherlands Starts to Drown Itself in Order to Stay Neutral" | The Dutch dim their lighthouses under the threat of invasion | |
| "Pictures to the Editors: Minot's Light" | Edward Rowe Snow sends a letter to the editors of Life | Minot's Light |
| "Nazis Raid English Channel Convoy" | A photoessay of a German attack includes a peek at a British lighthouse | Dover West End Breakwater |
| "Rock of Gibraltar is Set for a Siege" | The threat of World War concerns those at the mouth of the Mediterranean | Europa Point |
| "Life Goes to a Summer Religious Retreat" | Isles of Shoals religious retreat | White Island |
| "Betty Carstair's Island" | Exotic British racer finds quiet life on Bahamanian island | Little Whale Cay |
| "Lindbregh" | Lindbergh likes to swim around an offshore lighthouse | Lloyd's Neck (Huntington Harbor) |
| "Letters to the Edtors" | A reader explains Winston Churchill's Trinity House uniform, pictured | |
| "Life Goes on a Barge Trip" | Life visits with Steamboat Elsie at her Illinois River Lighthouse | Longman's Landing |
| "William Thon" | Artist paints pictures of the sea, including lighthouses | Owl's Head |
| "Christmas Rush" | Flying Santa lands at Boston Light by helicopter | Boston |
| "The Atlantic Coast" | A photographic portrait of the Atlantic Coast, including many lighthouses | Sankaty (cover), Hog Island (VA), Jupiter Inlet, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Tybee Island, Cape Henry, Portland Head, Bodie Island |
| Ad - "By Clipper your 'Week' Becomes Nine Sunny Days in Bermuda" | An ad for Pan American World Airways features a lighthouse keeper | |
| "U.S. Faces up to a Diplomatic Crisis" | A panoramic view of the Dardanelles from Cape Helles Lighthouse, Gallipoli | |
| Ad - "Part of the American Scene" | An ad for Maxwell House proposes a lighthouse as part of "the American scene" | |
| "Lighthouse Rescue" | British lighthouse keepers stranded for 33 days finally come home | Wolf Rock |
| "The Enumerators Travel Through Snow, Floods and Up Poles to Corner Every Last Statistic" | Reporter visiting lighthouse to write about census falls into water | |
| "Island Waters" | Photoessay of shifting sands of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard | Gay Head |
| "The Defense of a Lighthouse" | Lighthouse preservationists save the Little Red Lighthouse in New York | Jeffrey's Hook |
| "The Suez Canal" | Suez Canal range lightse are pictured in a story about the waterway | |
| "As Prophesied, Doom Explodes from Hibokhibok" | A volcanic eruption rocks the Phillipines | Mambajao |
| "Red-taped Gold" | Edward Rowe Snow seeks treasure on Isle au Haut; keepers pictured | |
| "The Shores of Maine" | An aerial photoessay catches a distant shot of a lighthouse | Pond Island |
| "The Miracle of the Sea" | Edward Rowe Snow's photo of Minot's Light from 1939 is run again | Minot's |
| "Young Salts at Sea" | Sea Scouts row from Orleans to Monomoy to Nantucket | Monomoy Point, Great Point |
| "An Escape to Island Living" | A survey of available islands includes Pumpkin Island, Maine | Pumpkin Island |
| "A Treasure Island Hunt" | Broadway actors enjoy a day off on a Long Island Sound island | Great Captain Island |
| Ad - "Family Fun for Sale" | An ad for C.I.T. credit payment plans features Barnegat Lighthouse | Barnegat |
| "A Look at the World's Week: First Ship Out of Suez" | A view through the bullet shattered glass of Port Said Lighthouse | Port Said |
| "Triumphant Voyage of the Triton" | A nuclear submarine follows Magellan's route | St. Paul Rocks |
| "Going Gets Rougher for Castro's Regime" | A distant shot of a lighthouse in a story about life in Castro's Cuba | Morro Castle |
| "I'm Still a Part of Things. I'm Somebody" | Retired lighthouse keeper is captured in a photoessay | |
| "Lighthouse Gone to Sea" | A Texas Tower is the new breed of American lighthouses | Buzzards Bay |
| "Life Guide: Lighthouses" | A guide to publically accessible lighthouses in 1963 | |
| "Flora Strikes - The Deadliest Ever" | A hurricane slams Cuba and Haiti | Cabo Lucretia |
| "Miscellany: Throw Me a Line, George" | Coast Guard mascot from a lighthouse in Louisiana pull a shrimp boat to shore | |
| "Life on the Newsfronts of the World" | A prefab concrete lighthouse is dragged into position on the Irish Sea | Kish Bank |
| "U.S. Coast Guard" | A long article about the Coast Guard includes a photo of Cape Hatteras | Cape Hatteras |
| "The Scene: Lake Huron: An Era Slowly Blinks to an End" | A long article about life at Poe Reef Lighthouse | |
| "The Haunting Legacy of Camille" | Biloxi Light still stands amidst the wreckage of Hurricane Camille | Biloxi |
| "Classic Images of Our Land" | A photoessay featuring images from around the U.S., including Nubble Light | Nubble |