In either sunny skies or storms, lit up at night or gleaming in the daytime, the New Canal Lighthouse guarding Lake Pontchartrain provides a nostalgic kind of charm and beauty. The candy cane colored structure, proudly standing at the end of Lakeshore Drive, makes for a great photo background and is available for special occasion rentals. With all the nearby family-friendly seafood restaurants, as well as the yacht club situated across the way, it's easy to assume that that's all this lighthouse is—a quaint, pretty tourist attraction. It's so much more than that.