Vermont officials have recovered an antique weather vane stolen in the last century, solving a 41-year-old cold case. Modeled after the first steam locomotives, the five-foot-long copper piece was ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, range ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Not many exhibits are likely to give more pleasure than "Whirligigs and Weathervanes," which opened this spring in the Lakeview Museum's Folk Art Gallery here and continues through ...

MONTAGUE, MI -- On an unremarkable corner in a lakeside town, there’s a unique roadside stop. It claims a world record but its history is Pure Michigan. The “world’s largest weathervane” stands tall ...

A historic weather vane has been removed from the former fire house in Hallowell, this time, with the city’s permission. The instrument, which depicts a horse pulling a fire-hose cart with a single ...

THE TIME TO READ THEM. YOU CAN SEE THEM SWIVELING ON THE SLIGHTEST BREEZE, CATCHING THE SUN AND LETTING HER GO ON THE NEXT GUST. IF YOU JUST LOOK UP RESTING ON A RED BARN DOWN THAT DIRT PATH OR ...

This story was originally produced by the Valley News. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. The theft was worthy of a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys mystery: In ...

A Sammy the Slug weather vane was stolen from the University of California, Santa Cruz campus in the past week, and the UCSC police department is asking for the public's help locating it. According to ...

Look up for some signs of history or whimsy, in particular when the wind blows.Weather vanes have been around for two thousand years, telling sailors and farmers the direction of the wind. Now they ...