Still used in the steppes of Central Asia today, yurts are an ancient design of shelter, circular in form, made of felt or canvas. A group of four residents from the mining boom town of Fermont, in ...

Central Asian cultural traditions have received international recognition as the ancient bowed instrument Kobyz and the ...

Nestled in Decorah's picturesque Canoe River Valley is a home unlike most. A two-story wooden yurt, built and owned by 73-year-old Craig Mosher, snuggles up to a steep hillside of natural prairie and ...

The moment you open the wooden gate to enter the magical Into The Woods Retreat life's everyday tensions begin to melt away. Arranged around a beautifully tranquil lake are six yurts and a shepherd's ...

Among the campsites and cabins at the Waupaca S’more Fun Campground sits a yurt. A circular tent with a dome-shaped roof and wooden frame — yurts, a rarity and an oddity in campgrounds across the ...

Just because summer is on its last legs doesn’t mean that you can’t take advantage of a weekend getaway with family or close friends. Traveling in 2020 has become something completely new and ...

Yurts are a quintessential element in Kyrgyzstan’s national identity. Not only are the felt tents emblematic of Kyrgyzstan’s nomadic past, they lend their shape to cemeteries, souvenirs and World War ...

CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION AREA – Seated at a table inside a fabric-walled yurt, my bare feet on a cool wooden floor, I listened to a trio of mountain bikers pass through the deep forest outside ...

Staying in a cabin or yurt in winter is a hybrid between glamping and traditional camping in a tent. You won’t get all the bells and whistles like a glamping experience, but you also will be warm and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ouray – With the rain pattering on the fabric roof and children huddled around a board game snug inside the round walls, Joshua Kinne’s yurt feels like the ...

As smoke curls from the chimney of Jill Taylor’s wooden yurt in its lush garden setting, you might think you had strayed on to the set of Peter Jackson’s next J.R.R. Tolkien film adaptation. This ...