Though they’ve been quietly cropping up at nature resorts and state parks for several decades, yurts are now gaining mainstream appeal, particularly since HGTV featured them on the hit show Design ...

Katie Urban paused at a hillside lookout in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Wet snow clung to the trees, which disappeared in a gray mist to the northeast. Urban, a park ...

BROOKINGS, Ore. — The shrill whir of a hair dryer doesn't routinely pierce the peace and quiet of Oregon State Parks. Unless, of course, you're staying in a yurt. A yurt is a tent-like structure built ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When you get away from the chair lifts, resort towns and highways, the Rocky Mountains in winter are quiet and stunning. And cold. Very, very cold. Only the ...

When Duane and Lisa Raleigh decided to buy a second home near Moab, Utah, they broke from tradition and bought a yurt. The Colorado couple chose the kind of round, portable structure first used ...

Tucked in a beautiful yet quiet corner of Cape Breton, this park has just the right mix of access to surrounding attractions ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Stacy Savona recalled it was something of a typical winter night on the Oregon Coast. Winds were gusting and the rain was coming down but she remained high and dry in her yurt at ...

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Stacy Savona recalled it was something of a typical winter night on the Oregon Coast. Winds were gusting and the rain was coming down, but she remained high and dry in her yurt at ...

MEDFORD - Stacy Savona recalled it was something of a typical winter night on the Oregon Coast. Winds were gusting and the rain was coming down, but she remained high and dry in her yurt at William M.