WILSON, N.C. (AP) – The eccentric vision of a self-taught North Carolina artist famed for his whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs is getting an overhaul that’s as much about engineering as it is about ...

If you don’t know what a whirligig is, head for a unique festival this weekend in Wilson, North Carolina. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a whirligig as “a child’s toy having a whirling motion, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Honest Abe chops some wood outside a log cabin. A whale hunter jabs away with a harpoon while on the back of his target. Wood, wire and wind combine to set them in motion. They ...

When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson's machine shop, you can hear the sounds of metal clanging against metal and of Ferris wheel-like contraptions turning. But the ...

When Vollis Simpson created his first kinetic motion machine as a pilot during World War II, he likely never envisioned one day his whirligig sculptures would be such a central part of North Carolina ...

Where others saw trash, Vollis Simpson saw whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs, creations with hundreds of moving parts that turned and twirled. The whirligigs were made from recycled heating and air ...

LUCAMA, N.C.LUCAMA, N.C. — When a breeze brushes through the field just below Vollis Simpson’s machine shop, you can hear the sounds of metal clanging against metal and of Ferris wheel-like ...