BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- The American Visionary Art Museum has received a $50,000 state grant to preserve its giant whirligig, a 55-foot tall kinetic sculpture located outside the museum. North Carolina ...

Wilson is known for the whirligigs, large kinetic sculptures made by Vollis Simpson. They spin all year long, like a windmill, but it's not as effortless as it might seem. Dedicated conservationists ...

Explore the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC and learn about the artist. Explore the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in historic downtown Wilson and learn about American Folk Artist Vollis ...

(This is the ninth story by this journalist in an occasional series revealing “Hidden America” — worthy travel destinations unknown by most Americans.) Vollis Simpson was a character. He was a North ...