CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Honest Abe chops some wood outside a log cabin. A whale hunter jabs away with a harpoon while on the back of his target. Wood, wire and wind combine to set them in motion. They ...

When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson's machine shop, you can hear the sounds of metal clanging against metal and of Ferris wheel-like contraptions turning. But the ...

One future whirligig in Foster's plans is another sailor, an African American with which he said he wants to "acknowledge the maritime history, the early history of the United States." Foster said he ...

The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum... an attraction on our list for far too long. We finally grabbed a pen and marked it done. Warm, morning air filled our car for a full 1 hour and 42 ...