This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS– Have you ever walked by the ...

1855: A patent is issued for the steam-powered calliope. Joshua Stoddard, a beekeeper and sometime inventor from Worcester, Massachusetts, was the recipient, although the instrument already existed in ...

An unusual artwork in the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall also makes unusual sounds: archaic and uncanny. It's an old-fashioned steam calliope, an instrument once commonly seen in carnivals and ...