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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 ...

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 ...

As an artist and creative type, Debra doesn't want to be stuck working inside four walls. She believes her circular office helps her think outside the box. Jeff and Leslie Suhy like the feeling of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...