FULTON, Illinois The millers are back from Holland and ready to grind some grain. Fulton's windmill, De Immigrant, is expected to be cranking out buckwheat flour during Dutch Days next weekend, May ...
HOLLAND, Mich. — Come for the Dutch heritage, stay for the bullet holes. In 1961, an idea was proposed to bring an authentic windmill from the Netherlands to Holland to celebrate the city’s Dutch ...
HOLLAND, MI -- Towering above tulip fields and waterways is the De Zwaan windmill: A Netherlands experience without the plane ticket. The scenic Windmill Island is Holland’s crown jewel for the city’s ...
Come for the Dutch heritage, stay for the bullet holes. In 1961, an idea was proposed to bring an authentic windmill from the Netherlands to Holland to celebrate the city's Dutch heritage. The country ...
In the desert town of Nashtifan, Iran, ancient windmills have been grinding grain for over 1,000 years. Built from clay, ...
While the Netherlands is the country most known for its windmills, they were originally invented by the Persians. More surprisingly, some of them are still turning after 1,000 years. The ancient world ...
ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill’s cutting floor, six blades briefly rise ...
David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...