Neal says the bidding begins at $10,000 for the tower. The tower has eight bedrooms, one crew room and can sleep 11 or 12 guests. INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PLACE A BID HERE. Although it sounds pretty scary, this former coast guard station-turned-B&B is worth travelling to for an unforgettable experience where you can. The tower is now run on solar and wind power and has internet and fresh water captured and cleaned rainwater filtered and UV sterilized. Visitors range from divers and fishermen to those seeking adventure and solitude. Neal and dozens of volunteers spent a few years restoring the tower and he opened it for visitors as a bed and breakfast unlike any other in the world. GPS made the tower obsolete and it sat abandoned for years until the government auctioned it off in 2010 to Charlotte Software Engineer Richard Neal for $85,000. Guardsmen lived in the tower full-time until the 1970s. The tower was built in 1964 to help boats navigate away from the shallow Frying Pan Shoals located nearby. (WTVD) - The Frying Pan Tower, a decommissioned Coast Guard Light Station turned adventure bed and breakfast, 35 miles off the North Carolina coast is up for auction beginning Thursday, May 3. The tower is currently a privately owned bed and breakfast retreat, and is noted for its survival through several. The Frying Pan Tower 35 miles off the North Carolina coast is up for auction beginning Thursday. Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the Frying Pan Shoals approximately 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Southport, North Carolina and 32 miles (51 km) from Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
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