And you think your backyard stinks. An urban archeologist has refurbished the 19th-century outhouse that came with his Hoyt Street house, and now he’s hoping to transform the primitive bathroom into a ...

CORRALES, N.M. – At a time when life could be harsh in the American Southwest, outhouses served more than one important role. They provided structure, protected water resources and created important ...

Outhouses can be about more than just … you know. “I thought it would be fun to build an outhouse that was almost a piece of sculpture,” said John Sylvestre, a remodeler who is renovating his lake ...

This year’s event took place on a sunny, wind-free day on a flat snow-packed, out-and-back course measuring just 100 feet each way. Jennifer Nalewicki The defending champs, all members of the AE Club, ...

Teresa Minard%27s interest in outhouses led to lectures on everyday rural history Those under 50 in rural America are generally unfamiliar with outhouse culture Modern plastic porta-potties are ...

The Outhouse Museum began as a request over an afternoon spot of tea. In the 1970s, Isabel Macneill invited Sherman Hines to her old house in a village on Nova Scotia's South Shore to commission the ...

SELDOVIA -- The bow of the packraft wiggled gently back and forth as we paddled back home across the bay. Behind it, a yellow packraft trailer wiggled as well, weighed down with a backpack full of ...