Long before modern-day yard sales, garage sales and moving sales, people disposed of their unwanted household items by dropping them down the hole of their outhouse. Broken pottery, used ink bottles, ...

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 ...

BRAINERD - "There's somebody home," Mark Youngblood said as he wiped away the dirt from a glass bottle he'd just unearthed. "That means there's a name on it," said Brian Mann, who stood near the ...

A shack and outhouse on the Mississippi River’s edge, taken in 1917. Image from Carol Aronovici, seen in "Housing Conditions in the City of Saint Paul." INTERVIEWER: So, if you've ever used an old ...

It’s hard for us to imagine today that 100 years ago, people had to make a hasty retreat to an outhouse when nature called. Neither would we imagine that 100 years later, some people would be eager to ...

BUXTON, N.D. – An old outhouse pit might not be the first place that comes to mind when searching for buried treasure. But for Tom Askjem, yesterday’s toilets are a treasure trove of information that ...

BRAINERD - "There's somebody home," Mark Youngblood said as he wiped away the dirt from a glass bottle he'd just unearthed. "That means there's a name on it," said Brian Mann, who stood near the ...