What: I build wooden model ships. Who: Damian Valentine, 81, of Chandler, is a retired service manager and electronics business owner from Illinois. How the collection began: I started building them ...

Jayne Smith's grandson, Preston, is 5 years old and seeing the Great Lakes and lake freighters for the first time. He's from Mesa, Arizona, and there's not much water there. "With the big ships, his ...

A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy's small wood sander.Ralahy, eyes ...