Roughly 20% of the world's petroleum passes through the 20-mile-wide strait, where dozens of skyscraper-size tankers each day funnel into a pair of 2-mile-wide traffic lanes separated by a 2-mile-wide ...

MANITOWOC, Wis. — Decades ago, Jordan Kabat’s grandmother brought home a piece of holiday history. As a factory worker at the Aluminum Specialty Company in Manitowoc, she’d been helping create the ...

Beneath the branches of my tree are arrangements of small photographs of aluminum trees, taken by Lawrence University art educators J. Shimon and J. Lindemann and sent to me at Christmas time.

You can safely use aluminum foil as a sort of cover over the engine as a deterrent against insects. Also, tear off smaller pieces to cover other openings, such as the exhaust or air filter. Remember ...

Suddenly, sales for aluminum trees began to wane. By the 1980s, one could find aluminum trees in yard sales for “peanuts” (pun intended). However, in recent years, they have been making a comeback, ...

For about a decade, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, aluminum trees and ornaments were all the rage. Perhaps you have a retro tree up in your house, maybe silver, pink, purple, white, or gold? All ...

It becomes the Aluminum Tree and Ornament Museum, a display of aluminum trees from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and the only one of its kind in the world. - [Deb] We're very small. We're only three rooms.