A few winters ago, a case of cabin fever set in. We yearned for the warmth and color of spring, but it was still weeks away. With no better plans, we jumped in the car and went on a day trip on small ...

MILLBRIDGE — Every visit to the Country Life Museum at Sloan Park seems to reveal something new. Inside, you see the new collection of kids’ pedal tractors — 18 in all — displayed high along a wall.

Joan Hayden first learned about barn quilts at a meeting with the local Flying Geese Quilt Guild in 2016. The guest speaker at the meeting that day was Suzi Parron, an author who writes and speaks ...

A barn quilt made by Sandy Heyman of Burns shows the gridwork that is the backdrop to making one. Annie Calovich The Wichita Eagle Barn quilts have become a colorful addition to rural USA, crowning ...

As late-winter brown gives way to spring green, a drive through north-central Minnesota offers some surprising and unexpected flashes of color on barns, businesses and other buildings. The oversized ...