Lifelong residents of Milwaukee, Ken and Barb Wardius travel nationally to pursue their hobbies of photography, history, hiking, bird study, reading, and lighthouses, which first drew their interest at Door County’s picturesque Cana Island. From that introduction they began searching out lighthouses, climbing them, and writing their stories.
Along with Wisconsin Lighthouses, Barb and Ken are the authors of Cana Island Lighthouse, Wind Point Lighthouse, and North Point Milwaukee Lighthouse. They are sought-after lighthouse lecturers and belong to many organizations dedicated to lighthouse preservation, including the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, the United States Lighthouse Society, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum at Manitowoc, the Door County Maritime Museum, the Wisconsin Lighthouse District (WILD), the Friends of the Wind Point Lighthouse, North Point Lighthouse Friends, the Friends of Rock Island, and the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands.