HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Connecticut’s contribution to childhood memories runs deep through some of the most beloved toys in history. From Silly Putty to the ...

If you know the name Ron Gilbert, it’s probably for his decades of work on classic point-and-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Monkey Island series, ...

(Editor's note: A version of this story originally appeared in 2017.)How many times have you said, If I had only kept my old toys, I’d be sitting on a gold mine today? The catch is you would have ...

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Once upon a time, energy was fun to watch. Steam engines, water wheels, windmills, steamboat paddles, and the glistening arc of rowboat oars all let you know they ...

RUMNEY — Kenneth “Ken” M. Weinig, 82, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 24, 2025, at home. Ken was born on July 13, 1943, in Mineola, New York, the son of the late Anton F. Weinig and ...

Two years before the final I-beam was placed atop the under-construction Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center, Bill Peacock stood in an office with some executives from the Clinic and the ...

Introduced in 1913 by A.C. Gilbert, Erector sets allowed children to build working models of everything from bridges to locomotives using metal beams, gears, and motors. Dubbed “the toy that builds ...

Henry Winkler tells PEOPLE about his own history with risky behavior after playing a number of brave, thrill-seeking characters ©️2025, A&E Television Networks, LLC photo: Jabari Jacobs From The Fonz ...

A genuine “Atomic Energy Lab” was sold for kids in the 1950s that contained radioactive materials. Rating: True (About this rating?) Dubbed one of the "10 most dangerous toys of all time," a miniature ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2017. How many times have you said, “If I had only kept my old toys, I’d be sitting on a gold mine today”? The catch is you would have needed to ...

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was released in the early 1950s and comes complete with real uranium ore samples. Marketed as an educational tool to inspire budding scientists, the kit was ...