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Every winter brings the chance to participate in the miraculous -- walking on water! As lakes, ponds, and ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday ...

Several years ago, I worked with my electrical engineer brother-in-law, Ryan Davis, on an article about ...

 When you were a kid, you not only went to school, where you did academics, art, and PE, but you ...

Kate and I have been happily married for over 15 years and have worked together on AoM for 13 of those ...

Did you get a new sweater for Christmas? Lucky you! A nice sweater is as easy to wear as a sweatshirt, but ...

Evidence of the use of travois -- pulled sleds made with two-pole frames -- dates to before the invention ...

 You may know Steven Rinella as an expert hunter and the host of the MeatEater television show and ...

 Going all the way back to the laconic Spartans, the ability to be succinct in one's communications ...

Origami is a perennially effective boredom killer for kids, and arguably the most fun kind of origami is ...

Whittling has long been a way people have wiled away the time. If you've got a younger child who isn't ...

These days, if we need some rope, we buy it at our local home improvement store.  But making your ...

A compass is a valuable tool for outdoor exploration. If you just know the basics of how to use one to ...

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

 If you call someone a dirtbag, you might be insulting them for being dishonest. Or, you might be ...

Many people, especially outdoorsy types, know the story of Christopher McCandless, as famously told in ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help ...

 When you think about bunkers, you might be apt to think of the 1950s and people building basement and ...

Picture yourself in the backcountry, scrambling over some boulders at the end of a long hike to reach an ...

As a kid, you spend a lot of time imagining you’re someone else, like an astronaut deep in space, or a ...