Over 1,000 years ago, the Mongols used yurts as mobile shelter. Nowadays, folks buy prefab yurts and use them to set up camp or as a permanent place of residence—and business is booming. “We are ...
Somewhere between a tent and a hut lies a curious little structure known by a single ungainly syllable: yurt. A yurt–also known as a ger, if that sounds any better–is a small, round, roofed structure ...
Eighteen years ago, I stayed in my first yurt. I was visiting New Hampshire on a backcountry ski trip to the now-defunct Phillips Brook Backcountry Recreation Area, a system of 11 yurts, 75 miles of ...
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 ...