Kathy Dennett was searching for an inspired birthday gift when she decided to draw on an idea from her birthplace in Pennsylvania: She painted a variation on a hex sign, those forms of American art ...

READING — Eric Claypoole has been around hex signs since he was 5 years old, but there's one question he still can't answer: Why do the Pennsylvania Dutch paint hex signs on their barns? Claypoole, 47 ...

Living in this part of Pennsylvania, you probably pass a few at least a couple times a week. But how often do you stop and look? Barn stars and hex signs dot the landscape in our neck of the woods and ...

Kathy Dennett was searching for an inspired birthday gift when she decided to draw on an idea from her birthplace in Pennsylvania: She painted a variation on a hex sign, those forms of American art ...

Many barns in Pennsylvania are decorated with barn stars or hex signs, but not many people know their true origin and meaning.Photos: The hidden meaning of hex signs Why were these signs painted on ...

Danielle James, 32, has spent the last six years blowing and bending glass into intricate shapes, proving that neon art, something of a fading medium, is still alive and thriving in the Bull City.

Many barns in Pennsylvania are decorated with barn stars or hex signs, but not many people know their true origin and meaning. Why were these signs painted on barns in the first place? Patrick ...