I once landed at a remote airstrip in southern Sudan. The pilot dropped me off and flew away, and I was alone with a long wait for the person who was to pick me up. As we flew in I had seen nothing but bush and rock; almost no sign of human habitation. But as [...]

Wooden church in the village Paltoga Vologda region, not far from Lake Onega, Russia. The church was built in 1733, and 19 th century is edged with boards, covered with iron and painted with white paint. In 1810, a number of built brick Znamenskaya church.  

Last weekend began like a modern Christmas fairy tale for Starry Bush-Rhoads and John Rhoads and Jeramie Griffin and Megan Garrison: Two traveling couples using GPS navigation units took two SUVs on two shortcuts up two snowy backcountry Oregon roads. Then the couples got stuck and wound up cold and hungry — staying that way [...]

Giethoorn is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Actually, the village consists of two parts and it is the old part of the village where there are no roads.  The village Giethoorn is special in the Netherlands because of it’s caracteristic wooden arch bridges and canals, in the center is not a road [...]

Village Landscapes can bring new life to your existing landscape from simple projects to a complete landscape overhaul. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods. Landscape design elements can enhance your everyday [...]