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 briefly rise ...

In Nashtifan, northeastern Iran, ancient vertical-axis windmills made of clay, straw, and wood have remained in use for roughly a thousand years. These Persian windmills descend from the oldest ...