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 ...

Nobody’s sure which was first, the rock or the tree, but the first serious improvement in the place humans went to heed nature’s call was the privy. Which is also known as the brivy (Pennsylvania ...

A month ago, after I wrote about three classic outhouses that are being restored on the grounds of a historic home in Connecticut, I received a surprisingly large number of e-mails from readers about ...

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, ...

Outhouse. Privy. Earth closet. Little shack out back. Perhaps you have visited them at one time or another. As a young man, I traveled quite a bit with my dad, visiting small churches around the state ...