ALBANY — A group of volunteers is working to bring a building to life in Albany that would fit in nicely in a different era. Thousands attend Albany Pioneer Days every September, and one of the ...

In an era of invisible, cloud-based commerce, Brian’s Welding is an old-school business, full of metal and machinery. This month, the welders went even more retro, gathering around an anvil and ...

Stroll around Market Square and you’re sure to spot Peter Happny’s handiwork. From the goddess Ceres atop Ceres Bakery on Penhallow Street to the Piscataqua Savings Bank sign on Pleasant Street, ...

Perched on a stool behind an anvil and a 5-pound mallet, the expert blacksmith and knife maker waited for the first group of patrons who signed up for a session with the "Angry Giant." But Jason ...

Middle school students looked like they were roasting marshmallows as they clustered around a small forge filled with red hot coals to heat steel rods in a temporary blacksmithing workshop set up ...

Explore my one-car garage blacksmith shop, built after four years of blacksmithing classes where I learned to create ...

John Frank recalls how his grandfather and father used to do their own blacksmithing out of necessity. “Most farms up through the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s had their own shop in a corner of a shed or barn, ...

Members of the Central Minnesota Blacksmiths club are building a new blacksmith shop at the Albany Pioneer Days grounds in Albany, Minn. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...