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 ...

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 ...

Introduction: A history of weathervanes -- Part I -- Art and History -- Chapter 1 -- American weathervanes as art -- Chapter 2 -- Shem Drowne and the invention of the American weathervane -- Gallery 1 ...

Weather vanes may have different appearances, but they generally have one thing in common, and that is the direction the "arrow" points with respect to wind direction. That part of the vane opposite, ...

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 ...