Category: Old Ways
A tenth of the wilderness on our planet destroyed by mankind in just 25 years
All one has to do to see the alarming rate of deforestation of the last remaining wilderness areas left in the world is take a…
The ancient Toda tribe and the amazing Toda huts they call home
The Toda people are a small tribal community who live far away from Nilgiri plateau in the hill country of Southern India. They reside in…
182 year old giant tortoise called Jonathan is the oldest land animal currently living
Long being the subject of various dichotomies in folklore and philosophy, tortoises may not have the ability to outrun us, but they certainly possess the…
The hundred year old ‘ghost ship’ discovered in the Ohio River by Kayaker
It was another wonderful day for the kayakers as they were cruising through the forest. Yet they certainly did not expect to discover a ghost…
The Wawona Tunnel Tree a 2,300-year-old wonder of Yosemite National Park
In 1881, two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 ($1,664 in 2016) for the job of cutting a tunnel through the tree to enlarge…
The phenomenon of Spotted Lake in British Columbia
Spotted Lake is located northwest of Osoyoos in Similkameen Valley of British Columbia in Canada. This salted lake is one more example that Nature can…
A true survivor: Lieutenant Dengler a PoW survived torture and starvation
Flying low over the dangerous and impenetrable Laotian jungle on a bombing mission against the Viet Cong, U.S. Air Force Colonel Eugene Deatrick saw a…
Beautiful portraits from 1910 – First Nation People of Alberta
These magnificent portraits that you are about to see, were taken by the Canadian photographer Harry Pollard, whose specialty was photographing First Nations. These amazing people…
20 Century old life hacks that still work wonders today
We just love the old ways of doing things, sure, some things can be done better now but they used to manage amazing things with very little resources…
Bannock bread – the best campfire bread ever created
Who can honestly say they don’t like bread cooked while they’re out camping? And if you’ve not tried camp bread then you’ve got to add…