Windmills also sawed wood used in sail ships that plied the world’s oceans and ground spices they carried from Dutch colonies. Despite more modern technology such as electric pumping stations ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --People in the small Dutch village of Kinderdijk celebrated "Illumination Week" on Thursday by illuminating the Netherlands' iconic windmills starting at dusk. The 50-plus-year ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill's cutting floor, six blades briefly ...

ZAANDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A wintry gust of wind raises hopes that the giant sails of a centuries-old windmill near Amsterdam will start turning. On the mill’s cutting floor, six blades ...