The figure of 26th U.S. president is holding a red counterbalance vane that turns the bike with the wind. Whirligigs were invented centuries ago. They are both toys and tools, indicators of wind ...

When Vollis Simpson began constructing his mammoth whirligigs out of spare machine parts, old paint and highway signs, he did not set out to create an artistic legacy. But the 30 giant kinetic ...

A political whirligig was sold by Garth's Auctions in Ohio a few years ago. It is a figure of President Theodore Roosevelt with a top hat and monocle riding on a penny farthing cycle. Roosevelt served ...

When the smelt are running, the frozen shrimp show up too. So do flags, apples and whirligigs. "This little mini-mall is pretty neat," said Jerry Brown of Lexington, who peddles flags for $19.99 along ...