Moinho de Avis on the Serra de Montejunto is the biggest windmill in Portugal. This typical windmill with its clay pots attached to the sails is situated right behind the restaurant Curral do Burro, ...

A historic windmill could be restored to working order for the first time in nearly 90 years. Plans have been put together for the restoration of Fulbourn Windmill in Cambridge Road, with the goal of ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill’s cutting floor, six blades briefly rise ...

• The oldest mill in the Netherlands dates back to the eight century. • Today, there are between 1,000 and 1,150 windmills in Holland. Some are still actively used to grind grain or for water drainage ...

Once important industrial hubs for grinding grain, pumping water, or generating electricity, windmills have slowly become obsolete. But savvy real estate fans are snapping them up to create striking, ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill's cutting floor, six blades briefly rise ...