There are three reasons we see so many red American barns. It’s traditional, it’s practical and the color looks good. Although a main reason to paint wooden buildings is for appearances, paint also ...

In a not-so-distant past, barn stars and hex signs were iconic symbols of rural life in central Pennsylvania. Today, only a ...

In the decade since property owners across Ohio allowed their barns to become canvases to celebrate the state’s bicentennial, some of those wall-size logos have faded, others have been repainted and ...

The barn star is a bit of Americana with a history that goes back to the Revolutionary War. Here's what it means.

It’s a constant whether you’re a corn husker or a cranberry bogger. It’s a staple for the road-tripper traversing the U.S. from East to West, North to South. It’s distinctively identical pretty much ...

Mail Pouch Tobacco barns still pitch nostalgia on country roads in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other nearby states. They offer both beautiful American folk art and a haunting reminder of a ...

The Perry County Council of the Arts has expanded its Quilt Mural Trail into Mifflin County. The trail now includes 29 8-foot-square, painted quilts mounted on barns, homes and businesses throughout ...

You really never know what you'll find down the old country roads of North Carolina. The sight of a dilapidated old tobacco barn with peeling paint and caved in roof may not be an unusual sight along ...

When Janet Koenig started painting barn quilts, she started seeing old barns in a new light -- and when Ellen Frye, who with her husband Steve owns Eggers and Company General Store and Bed and ...

Ever drove down the countryside and wondered why all the barns are painted red? The answer, like most things, lies in our history. New England settlers didn't have enough money to paint their farms.

Why are so many barns red? Barns, like houses and other buildings, could be any color you choose, but red seems to be the dominant barn color. Before 1800, very few barns were painted. There was ...