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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CORRALES, N.M. (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...