CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As a kid in Oregon, Larry Kanfer's horizons were dominated by the steep, green slopes and conic peaks of the Cascades. When his family moved to table-flat Urbana, Ill., Kanfer, a ...

This photo provided by the subject shows Larry Kanfer in his gallery in Champaign, Ill., in 2007, where the walls are dominated by pictures of barns and Midwestern landscapes. Kanfer hopes to publish ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — As a kid in Oregon, Larry Kanfer’s horizons were dominated by the steep, green slopes and conic peaks of the Cascades. When his family moved to table-flat Urbana, Ill., Kanfer, ...

EMPIRE, MICH. -- A historic Northern Michigan barn has just begun a new chapter in its 150-year-old story. The Goffar barn has long been a fixture in the Leelanau County landscape that is now part of ...

Larry Gerdes is having his barn taken down and disassembled in Malta Bend, Mo. It's about the size of a three-car garage but stands much taller in a clearing surrounded by 6-foot stalks of corn. The ...

Town of Ira historian Dorothy Southard has compiled a historical look at the barns in her county. This is the fourth in a series on buildings that have become an iconic sight throughout this rural ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Historic preservation isn’t just about big old houses and grand public buildings. Many appreciate structures of a more utilitarian nature - barns. Barns make some of the best ...

PORTSMOUTH – To John Porter, New Hampshire’s barns are as iconic to its landscape as its lakes, fields and mountains. So much so that he refers to barns as “constructed landscape.” Because barns are ...