PORTLAND, Ore. (CNN) — Al Quattrocchi is a dedicated man. He fought for the Allies in World War II and married his wife Jean after meeting during a dance outside an English village during the war.

During the rebuilding of Japan after World War II, a Japanese toy designer took a discarded tin can and molded it into an intricate model car. Just inches in length, it created a phenomenon in the ...

Edward Higinbotham donates his own wooden toys to children every holiday season. You could say that Ed Higinbotham is the honorary Santa Claus of Fayette County in Pennsylvania. But this Santa is a 93 ...

Ed Higinbotham's workshop isn't in the North Pole, but it does churn out hundreds of handcrafted wooden toys every year for excited kids. Higinbotham, 94, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has been ...

Those of us familiar with the plastics industry have a certain appreciation for the material — for its durability, its versatility and dozens of other attributes. But even knowing its value, sometimes ...

German police evacuated a kindergarten in the western city of Darmstadt on Wednesday after teachers found an unexploded World War II bomb lying on a shelf among some toys. “A child had found the stick ...

In the quaint village of Risby, England, you’ll find a trove of antiques, early 20th-century furniture and collectibles for sale at remarkably low prices. The Risby Barn Antique Centre is home to more ...

With bright eyes, post-World War II baby boom children filled “toylands” at area stores, amazed at the brightly colored offerings as local retailers stacked the shelves for lucrative Christmas sales.