Road Trip 2011: Near its HQ, Lego keeps an archive of its nearly 80 years of making some of the world's most popular toys. Lego didn't always make plastic bricks--but abandoning its profitable wooden ...

It was 50 years ago, in April of 1962, that primitive lego-cave-dwelling minifigs first developed the wheel. This ranks among the greatest milestones in Lego history since early minifig society first ...

LEGO history is almost as fascinating as the toys themselves - but the globally renowned, multi-billion-dollar company went through decades of setbacks in an attempt to preserve itself. Created by Ole ...

In 1932 Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of The Lego Group, started making and selling wooden toys out of his shop in Billund, Denmark. The company continued making wooden toys until 1960, two years ...

A new LEGO exhibit at Tysons Corner Center celebrates Fairfax County's history with landmarks from all nine supervisorial ...

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