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A yurt is a round cylindrical dwelling capped with a conic roof that's been in use for at least the past few thousand years. Originating in Central Asia (Genghis Khan and his horde used them), the ...

This low-cost yurt design combines basketry, wattle-and-daub, and basic lashing (similar to skin-on-frame boats). Not much more than a glorified tent, you can learn how to build a DIY yurt from sticks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dan and Emma Kigar started out with their own tipi way up at 11,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains. Their experience in these harsh conditions primed them for their life as yurt and tipi makers, and ...

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 ...