Apr. 6—This story was originally published in March 2021. There was a time when all it took to construct an outdoor privy in Maine was a shovel, some wood and a bit of sweat. Not anymore. Modern ...

The tiny southeast Kansas community of Elk Falls offers attractions that include a waterfall, a historical bridge and an ...

SAPPHIRE, N.C. (WSPA) – A unique event occurs this Saturday, February 17 in North Carolina. There will be a winner at Ski Sapphire Valley, but everyone gets their seat on the throne. “Hey lane number ...

Amanda Outhouse rides inside the outhouse as, from left, Brittnie True and Abbi and Hannah Outhouse push it during an outhouse race at the Iowa State Fair. Competitors race in wheeled outhouses down a ...

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 ...

Trenary, Michigan — Near the southern edge of this frigid hamlet of 370 citizens, a large man calling himself Ben Dover sits bare-legged on a toilet in a cluster of racing outhouses collectively ...

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 ...