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 ...

Quilts without stitches, made of plywood and paint, have been decorating barns and sheds since the early 1990s. The concept of barn quilts was started in Adams County, Ohio, in 1991 by a quilter who ...

Last year, Sweetums and I were on one of our road trips through rural Alabama when we spotted a See Rock City barn and stopped to take a photo. The barn next to it was picturesque also: It featured a ...

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 ...

“Barn quilts” is a somewhat deceptive term. They are not something that could keep someone or an animal warm on cold nights spent in a barn. Instead, it refers to boards painted to look like elaborate ...

Carl Cottingham’s mother was not impressed with his attempts at quilting. As a youngster, he knew winter was coming when his mother, aunts and friends would rearrange the furniture in the Cottingham’s ...