For more than 150 years, granite has shaped life in Barre. Generations of central Vermonters have quarried, cut and carved ...

Based on the book "Built from Stone: The Westerly Granite Story," CARVED FROM STONE: LEGACY OF A GRANITE TOWN shows Westerly granite as the "gold standard," with hundreds of blacksmiths, carvers, ...

Harold Van Pelt is known worldwide for taking illuminating photographs of gems and minerals. However, he’s not as well known for the delicate carvings he makes out of the precious rock. It’s a hobby ...

KAPAA, Hawaii – It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by lush ...

A popular top polisher for polishing the curved tops of monuments, the vertical polishing machine, was introduced around 1890 by the Concord Axle Co. It was suspended from an overhead shed beam and ...

BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- A repair project in New Jersey has unearthed what could be an extraordinary find. Crews dug up a mysterious stone, but what's on it has locals looking for clues in ...

MANKATO — It’s not difficult to find Tom Miller’s stone carvings around Mankato, from headstones at local cemeteries, to stone benches at city parks or statues downtown. But before Miller moved back ...