I grew up in West Virginia, but I've always been a "townie." I had classmates who lived on farms, but not too many. The boys from the farms were particularly conspicuous; in elementary school, they ...

LEWISBURG — A potato, three turkey feathers and string is all one needs to make an early American scarecrow. At Rural Heritage Day at the Dale-Engle-Walker House on Saturday, Terri Stump taught ...

BOONSBORO — Diane Himes helped show off one of the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum's exhibits Saturday at the center's 15th annual Spring Open House. Seated at the Moller organ that was ...

Iowa loses about a thousand barns each year, and the group trying to save them needs more volunteers. One farmer’s ...

A pre-event press conference held on Friday at WWF-India in New Delhi outlined the agenda for the upcoming International ...

BOONSBORO — In the 1800s in Washington County, there weren't any offerings like Ashley Furniture HomeStore or Wolf Furniture if a family needed something for the house. "You just didn't run out and ...

The Winona County Fair’s newest attraction is also an old one. Work has begun this year to revamp and expand the Rural Heritage Museum at the fairgrounds as the Winona County Historical Society moves ...

Come visit a celebration of transportation through the years Saturday at the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum at the Washington County Agriculture Center near Boonsboro. From high-wheel bikes ...

PITTSBURG, Texas (KLTV) - If you haven’t been to the Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum in Pittsburg lately, it might be time for another visit. That’s because they have new exhibits based on two ...

PARIS (AFP) — From crowing roosters to the whiff of barnyard animals, the “sensory heritage” of France’s countryside will now be protected by law from attempts to stifle the everyday aspects of rural ...