Weather vanes are widely used as decorative pieces too. A safe bet to find one is on the roof of an older farm building. Let’s get started and make our own weather vane!

The weather-vane's role in conquering England. The wind in the English Channel backed suddenly to the south on this day 934 years ago. William Duke of Normandy was pleased.

Often a weather vane for potential hits, the event has drawn more than 200 companies to bring a total of 600 television programs, including 400 TV dramas, over 60 online series and 300-plus ...

A weather vane will show you the direction the wind is moving. It's a great addition to your DIY weather station. On your cardboard or plate (if using a plate, flip it upside down) write North ...

I’d been impressed for years by weather vanes I’d seen around the country. So one day I decided to fire up my welder and build a weather vane from the junk I had lying around the ranch.

The weather vanes range from simple carved birds, fish, livestock and dogs to figures that seem to literally be riding the winds – loping ponies, racing horses, fire trucks, ...

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, ...

New homes tend to feature more personal weather vanes, like an elephant on top of a Quincy home named “Elephant House” on Adams Shore. Or a bull on a Norwell stockbroker's home.

A weather vane that was bought in a salvage yard helped to reunite the families of a Lancaster bomber crew that were all killed on their way home from a raid on Nazi Germany.. Helen Theron bought ...

The gazebo at Madison's Lamplighter Park will soon be topped by a weather vane after the original one was stolen about 15 ...