In Zaanse Schans, the Netherlands, working windmills preserve the bucolic life of years past.

Windmills can be seen in 17th-century Dutch paintings, but windmills were in use before then. The wind turned the blades, creating power to lift water in buckets or turn a wheel to grind corn.

During its 17th-century golden age, the Netherlands was the world's most enthusiastic exploiter of wind technology. Over 10,000 windmills dotted the landscape; the city walls of Amsterdam were ...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Dutch are building windmills again. Up and down the coast, out from port cities like this one, you can see them: white and tall and slender as pencils, their slim… ...

The Dutch are building windmills again. Up and down the coast, out from port cities such as this one, you can see them: white and tall and slender as pencils, their three slim blades turning lazily… ...

Zaanse Schans Tourism Going Dutch: Where windmills turn into living history — Piet Kempennar, the miller at De Kat, has been working with windmills for over 30 years.