AKRON, Ohio — Paintings of quilt squares are popping up on barns around the country. But they’re more than just a folksy attempt to beautify the rural landscape. These are the engines of a movement to ...

The story of the The Barn Quilts Trail is part of Lakes Country Treasures, a series that takes readers down Minnesota's backroads to some of the unique must-see gems of lakes country. The barn quilt ...

Olivia Nienaber dipped a paintbrush into a can of Sherwin Williams’ Calypso blue last week, wiped off a few excess drips and carefully painted a straight, smooth line onto a white sheet of plywood.

The Overland Trail Museum is very excited to be hosting an exhibit coming to us from the Smithsonian Institute and sponsored by Colorado Humanities. The exhibit is titled “Crossroads – Change in Rural ...

Spend enough time driving and you’ll start to question the roadside fixtures you take for granted. After figuring out the purpose behind the brightly colored balls on power lines and the metal stars ...

Take a road trip in the Midwest to see a homegrown art form that creatively combines aspects of Americana. Credit...Kevin Miyazaki for The New York Times Supported by By Jackie Snow Jim Leuenberger ...

Rosemary Pacha poses for a portrait with her barn quilt called “Iowa Barn and Silo” at her century farm in Brighton on May 7. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo If you’ve driven through the Iowa ...

Rita Williams is the woman behind a colorful project she calls the Buttahatchee Barn Quilt Trail, named for the Buttahatchee River. She got the idea while on a five-hour trip to Paducah, Kentucky ...

Joan Hayden first learned about barn quilts at a meeting with the local Flying Geese Quilt Guild in 2016. The guest speaker at the meeting that day was Suzi Parron, an author who writes and speaks ...

Harford County has done something pretty cool. It's called the Quilt Trail. We first heard about it while visiting Broom's Bloom Dairy in Bel Air back in March. I noticed a large painting on the gable ...

A Shawano artisan group created a NFL draft barn quilt. Barn quilts are eight-foot-square panels painted as if they were quilts. They are often installed on barns. The Shawano Country Barn Quilt ...

GILLETT (WLUK) -- Scenic barn quilts will take center stage this weekend in Oconto County. It's part of a driving tour, celebrating the colorful work. At the Stone Barn Park in the Town of Chase, a ...