Evelyn Chism leaned into a black metal fence, eyes peering at a fish-horse. The Chisms were up from Eugene on Saturday, Aug. 20 specifically to see 40 wooden creatures rising and plunging on brass ...

ALBANY, Ore. — Step into a world of whimsy. A world of childhood memories. A world where animals come to life, and every single one has a personal, family story. It's the story of Albany. A city that ...

Yun Hsiang, a blue dragon, was installed at the Albany Historic Carousel & Museum on Saturday. The donors say it represents harmony and unity. (Troy Shinn, Mid-Valley Media) Troy Shinn covers ...

But Albany’s Historic Carousel & Museum surely owned that title this weekend, as staff and volunteers celebrated something old and something new. It definitely put a broad grin on executive director ...

In Albany, one woman decided that the historic downtown needed a brand new carousel. In Albany, one woman decided that the historic downtown needed a brand new carousel, featuring a broad range of ...

Artists and carvers working on Albany’s carousel are used to visitors wandering by as they gouge and sand and scrape. Most of the time, however, those visitors aren’t carrying bazooka-sized cameras ...

ALBANY — It takes a visitor one ride on Albany Historic Carousel’s Harriette the Frog to understand that merry-go-rounds are playgrounds for children of all ages. A frog wearing a straw hat and ...

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The sponsors had ideas. The carvers and painters brought them to life. But the designs for each of the animals that will one day hold a place on Albany's downtown carousel came ...

Although Peggy Burris is new to the job of executive director of the Historic Albany Carousel, she isn’t a newcomer when it comes to promoting downtown Albany’s rich heritage. From 2015-17 she was the ...