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 ...

One of the big draws at this year’s McLeod County Fair was the Barn Quilt Painting booth in the Commercial Building. Under the direction of Cynthia Buchholz, a barn quilt painting instructor, and ...

More than 40 barn quilts are scattered throughout Nelson County, and Maria Vasichek hopes that someday this phenomenon will sweep across the entire state. Vasichek is the co-chairwoman of the Nelson ...

Anyone who knows Adele Goodman knows she loves history, her family and country living. That seems a natural progression since Adele’s family tree goes back several centuries, with many of her ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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 ...

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.

VICKSBURG, MI – Along the country back roads in southern Kalamazoo County and around downtown Vicksburg, colorful artwork provides a rainbow contrast to the white snow globe-like scenes. The Vicksburg ...

The Barker Farm barn north of Tillamook features one of 99 (and counting) quilt blocks mounted on the sides of barns and commercial buildings that make up the Tillamook County Barn Quilt Trail.