When Tim Richards retired in 2006, he was looking for a hobby to fill his time. He had been collecting duck decoys since the 1980s, and because they were getting more and more expensive, Richards ...

Before Walt Disney World and big theme parks dominated Florida tourism, a roadside attraction called Tiki Gardens drew guests ...

In the driveway of an East Palo Alto cottage, wearing a 3 1/2-foot-tall headdress and long braids down its back, a 12-foot-tall redwood god of war named Ku towered above three Tongan wood carvers.

When Tim Richards retired in 2006, he was looking for a hobby to fill his time. He had been collecting duck decoys since the 1980s, and because they were getting more and more expensive, Richards ...

Tree limbs line the fence, lie in piles on the grass and are propped against the side of a Siesta Key bungalow shaded by cabbage palms and pine trees. There are at least 100 of them, resting idle.