Yurts are now ubiquitous at campgrounds across Oregon, but it wasn’t so long ago that the round structures were a novel concept for campers. This week’s episode of the Peak Northwest podcast dives ...

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

Traditionally, yurts are portable, round structures, with fabric coverings and collapsible frames. The eco-friendly structures were originally designed as primary dwellings for ancient nomadic tribes.

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 ...

From the top of the pass, we looked down on summer pastures shimmering with haze. Cloud shadows drifted like wandering states across the valley. Far off in the west, the grasslands tipped into empty ...

Most of Asheville's heavy snowfall had melted off Peter Belt's yome by Monday. The structure of fabric, wood and metal sat gleaming in the sun, and even though outdoor temperatures hovered around ...

When Christin Odell graduates from acupuncture school this spring, she plans to move from California to Colorado. Wherever she goes, she'll bring her house with her. Odell lives in a yurt, a portable, ...

When Sharon Minogue thought about her future home on Surry’s Patten Bay, she envisioned treading lightly on the land. “I used to hunt here as a kid with my father,” she says, gesturing toward the ...

Two and a half hours north of Santa Fe lies a world apart, the realm of the southern San Juan Mountains. Here, amidst dark forests of spruce and aspen, sunlit meadows and towering peaks, is a place ...

Kamas • Deep in the Uinta Mountains, past the ice skating pond and beyond the snowmobile tracks, something both new and steeped in history waits: A yurt, and an adventure. Green, round and tucked in ...

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 ...