Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

Several Masonic signs have been found 'hidden' in paintings of Scotland's bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols have been painted in minute detail in a paintings by Alexander Nasmyth, a ...

A downtown Elgin church can remove Masonic symbols on the outside of its building, the city council said Wednesday night. The council voted 5-2 to let members of Family Life Church remove two markings ...

Cloaked in intrigue, Freemasonry is best known perhaps for its secret handshakes and initiation rituals. The fraternal organisation traces its origins to medieval stonemason guilds, so it's no ...

Stunning portrait of the poet thought to be hiding a secret that's gone unnoticed for 230 years A series of Masonic signs have been found “hidden” in paintings of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns. Tiny ...

BARTOW - Inside the Bartow Masonic Temple, a lodge of Freemasons, are displayed photos of past leaders of this local group of civic-minded men. The photo gallery of "Worshipful Masters," meaning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Littered in the numerous conspiracy theories that are floated online are stories of the secretive - but very real - Freemasons.

Elgin officials will attempt to preserve the Masonic symbols on a historic city building after they are removed by the church that now owns it. At issue are images of a square, compass and the letter ...

In 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry landed at Hakodate, Hokkaidō, in the northern part of Japan. Two members of his crew who had died from disease were buried on the slopes of Mount Hakodate—the ...