What started as a mechanism to keep equipment stable on board a Navy ship ended as one of the most recognizable toys of the ...

Evanston, Illinois is home to the Charles Dawes House, the former home of the nation's 30th vice president, which now houses ...

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Do you have a kid obsessed with tractors? Do you find yourself craning to see tractors in the fields during the harvest? Does the sight of a tractor in action give you a warm ...

Daniel Konstanski, author of “The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks,” tells the tale of how a small Danish company developed the ...

The toys below were some of the decade’s biggest — and they’ve stayed popular ever since. The skinny, wide-eyed, green ...

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Connecticut’s contribution to childhood memories runs deep through some of the most ...

Toys are fun to use, but they also are learning tools. What child wouldn't want a toy tractor that looked exactly like the big one used on the farm? Cars, trucks, trains, airplanes and other toys can ...

When Obi-Wan gave Luke Skywalker his father’s weapon from a more civilized age, the must-have toy of the millennium was born. Since Star Wars became a cultural phenomenon in 1977, kids and adults ...

Cabbage Patch Kids were created by Xavier Roberts in the United States in 1978 and were initially branded as “Little People”.