Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...

Ashes are burning hot as Ethan Choiniere and his blacksmiths work to make holiday-themed trinkets. The smiths keep the fire at the perfect temperature, at times glowing bright orange but never too hot ...

A rare piece of Vermont’s industrial history is for sale in Cornwall.

BW Blacksmith Coffee & Grill is opening a new restaurant and coffee shop in Anaconda in space long occupied by Donivan's Restaurant. Owners of the family-owned business have Montana roots.

COLUMBIA — On a Saturday in April, David Bush was working over a portable coal-fired forge outside the Olympia Mill Village Museum. The coals burned hot. Orange, yellow and blue flames licked towards ...

Archaeologists in Oxfordshire found the ruins of a 2,500-year-old site for “high-end” iron working and many related artifacts, photos show. Photo from DigVentures Thousands of years ago, a highly ...

Darla Selander is 57 years old, 5-foot-nothing and can do more pushups than you. She also likes red leather jackets, diamond earrings and—above all—her rough, calloused hands. All of these are ...