Frying Pan Tower Official on Instagram: "This is our beloved tower! We are doing everything we can to restore and preserve this historic structure for future generations. Frying Pan Tower is an antiquated Coast Guard light station, that was deemed obsolete with the advent of modern day GPS. It used to mark the very shallow and very dangerous Frying Pan Shoals. Few people know this, but North Carolina is a destination scuba diving location, thanks in-part to our treacherous and shallow waters! We