Although a yurt is basically a big tent, building one takes a little more thought than selecting a good camping spot when driving through a state forest campground, especially if you're putting it on ...

Meet Eric, an engineer living in a 500 square feet wooden yurt on his own land. After leaving the big city for mountain life, he explored various alternative small home options and ultimately chose a ...

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 ...