MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) — Eric Claypoole was up on the ladder again the other day, painting yet another barn with those unmistakable charms of Pennsylvania Dutch country: Hex signs. The Lenhartsville ...

You don’t realize your eyes are fooling you until you stand close to the Barn Theater at UCSC’s main entrance. That’s when you realize what looks like a digitally rendered photographic billboard of ...

I wanted to see distelfinks. But they were hard to find. In Pennsylvania Dutch country, the distelfink, a goldfinch that eats thistle seeds and builds thistledown nests, is a good-luck bird. It also ...