WESTERLY – John Washburn was 6 years old when his father, a stonemason, first taught him to mix cement. Now, 33 years later – and a stonemason himself – Washburn is putting that knowledge and decades ...

The addition of a natural stone veneer feature is a beautiful improvement to a home’s décor. Inside or out, stone walls, a mantel piece, hearth or front door surrounds, and other applications create ...

In a changing landscape, New England's old stone walls stand as the most visible and unique reminder of our agricultural past. But people have increasingly been poaching on that past, including in ...

In Chicago and in cities around the world, landscape architects, masons and builders have been studying the finer points of dry stone walls. Historic preservationists want to preserve the handmade ...

“The Stones. I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney ...” ­­— Comic Steven Wright I like the Stones, too. And the Beatles and The Who and, at least some of the time, Pink Floyd ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets, and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere — a latticework of dry, ...