The Colorado Stone Quarries above Marble aren’t what they used to be — and as far as the new owners are concerned, that’s a good thing. The rambling, cathedral-like chambers in the historic section ...

From 21:00 to 24:00 this evening the premiere of Carie, the film by Marzio Nardi, Federico Ravassard and Achille Mauri exploring and climbing in the marble quarries at Carrara in Italy. "The wonder ...

Deep in the bowels of Treasure Mountain above Marble, quarry workers are searching for a massive block of perfect white marble to replace one of the nation’s most prominent military symbols: the Tomb ...

Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.” One of the illustrations by Edwin Burrage Child for ...

Work has resumed at the Yule Marble Quarry in Marble under new ownership, ending a 10-month closure for the historic facility that has produced stone for the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the ...

Take a tour through Omya’s Middlebury marble quarry, and you are stepping millions of years into the past, to a place where intense pressure and heat created a thick layer of metamorphosed calcium ...

I visited an active quarry in the Apuan Alps of Carrara, Italy — home to the coveted Carrara marble. Located in Tuscany, Carrara marble is a $1 billion industry thanks to hard workers at the quarries.

Portland, Ore., USA: The source of marble for a statue of Apollo on the Greek island of Delos has been a mystery to art historians and archaeologists for decades. The stone’s chemistry pointed ...

When many travelers think of Vermont, towns graced by white steeples and covered bridges may come to mind. One iconic example of this is Bennington, one of Vermont's oldest towns. Another classic ...