Hill said he and his wife took classes on carving carousel animals in the mid-1990s and dreamed of creating their own for whatever city might be interested. Maybe that’s still in the cards, but for ...

You'd be hard-pressed to find another carousel as colorful or creative as the one now spinning in Albany. With historic machinery and a whimsical herd of new animals – all painstakingly carved by hand ...

Evelyn Chism leaned into a black metal fence, eyes peering at a fish-horse. The Chisms were up from Eugene on Saturday, Aug. 20 specifically to see 40 wooden creatures rising and plunging on brass ...

A cobalt blue dragon named Yun Hsiang is the latest addition to the Albany Historic Carousel & Museum's menagerie. The sculpture, sponsored by longtime carousel benefactors David and Cecilia Gore, ...

Although Peggy Burris is new to the job of executive director of the Historic Albany Carousel, she isn’t a newcomer when it comes to promoting downtown Albany’s rich heritage. From 2015-17 she was the ...

In Albany, one woman decided that the historic downtown needed a brand new carousel. In Albany, one woman decided that the historic downtown needed a brand new carousel, featuring a broad range of ...

Historic carousel pieces displayed in the Historic Carousel & Museum. The Albany Carousel is in the making in downtown Albany. (Terry Richard/staff) In the center of Oregon's Willamette Valley, Albany ...

Lise Liepman’s backyard is normal-sized for an Albany home. Hardly a pasture, then, for her horses. They’ve accepted their environment, though. They don’t complain, they don’t roam anyway, and they’re ...

ALBANY – The New York State Museum’s antique carousel has reopened after extensive repairs and upgrades, state officials announced this week. Officials reopened the carousel with dozens of local ...

ALBANY — It takes a visitor one ride on Albany Historic Carousel’s Harriette the Frog to understand that merry-go-rounds are playgrounds for children of all ages. A frog wearing a straw hat and ...

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The sponsors had ideas. The carvers and painters brought them to life. But the designs for each of the animals that will one day hold a place on Albany's downtown carousel came ...