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 ...

A few streets away, a young apprentice holds a bow of horsehair against an unfinished two-stringed instrument, trying to coax out a sound his teacher calls “as old as the steppe.” These scenes reflect ...

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 ...

If you love nature but hate the bugs and sleeping on the ground, glamping (aka "glam camping") might be for you. A number of hospitality startups have launched modern takes on the yurt, a round ...

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 ...