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 car ...

As wind vanes go, the oversized one at Felts Field is unique. Not the usual rooster or arrow, it takes the form of a 19-foot-long cassette racer airplane mounted at the top of a flagpole. It is a ...

A corroded weather vane found at a Fort McCoy, Wis., archaeological site is shown. Weather vanes have been used by sailors and farmers for more than 2,000 years to help predict the weather.