Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by the American Folk Art Museum shows the Hudsonian Curlew weather vane. The museum's curator, Emelie Gevalt, ...

Long ago, weather vanes were utilitarian objects, used by farmers to forecast weather conditions. Now they are sought for their decorative appeal and as prized collectors’ items. Last fall, a 62-inch ...

Last summer, Vermont’s Burlington Free Press reported on a stolen weather vane. It wasn’t just any petty theft. The perpetrator went so far as to build and silently install a replica of the ...

New England like a weather vane, and few people have been making them longer than John Garret Thew of Norfolk. Thew, 81, has been crafting weather vanes since 1972, and in the past 36 years, he ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Here’s a traditional architectural detail for modern times: the weather ...

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

When William Penn and two of his business partners commissioned a weather vane to top their grist mill near Philadelphia, it told them which way the wind was blowing. The vane also was a sign for the ...

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

Weather vanes adorn millions of homes worldwide. These functional and attractive features add charm to any home and harken back to the days of old. Manufacturing weather vanes can clearly be ...