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 ...

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is getting a new weathervane, combining her vibrant New Orleans culture and African roots. Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort is building a new weathervane in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Students from the North Idaho College Technology program recently built a pair of weather vanes for the Kootenai Humane Society. The project featured material donated by Pacific Steel, and the racks ...