Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, range ...

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

Bob Dylan once said, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” An easy way to tell which way the wind is blowing can be found on top of many buildings around the world. Weather ...