Every year around this time, Deborah Bushinski leaves her Minnetonka home studio, pulls on her rubber Wellington boots and tromps through a marshy birch grove west of Duluth. The trees she seeks are ...

What’s better this fall than taking leisurely family walks to grab some fresh air and enjoy the stimulation of the outdoors? Making crafts with bark can be a fun family activity. (Courtesy of Donna ...

HARBIN－One man's trash is another man's treasure. This is especially the case for Tao Dandan, who collects pieces of birch bark dumped by wood processing plants and creates handicraft with them using ...

When Jennifer Nasimiyu arrived in the United States in 1994, the bride of an American who had fallen in love with her in Kenya, she wasn't too impressed. "It was very strange. People walking fast and ...