If your definition of roughing it includes a MacGyver'd together hot tub, you'll definitely want to check out this guide to building a wood-heated hot tub for your next backwoods trek. Instructables ...

A DIY hot tub satisfies the authors' desires to unwind at the end of a long day of work on their off-grid property. Think you can’t enjoy a hot tub because you’re living off-grid? Check out this ...

We just completed an amazing hot tub project that is already drastically improving the quality of our lives. It’s a wonderful combination of fire, earth, water, and metal. There are few pleasures in ...

JD Buck likes to heat up things. A civil engineer with the Montana Highway Department by day, Buck spends his time off working with wood and weld. He’s put all those skills together and creates custom ...

A project I have in mind for the spring is to do an outdoor wood fired hottub. I saw a picture (which I can't find ) that had a galvanized stock tank sunk halfway into the ground filled with water ...

MARTY PICCO, a 51-year-old software developer in Santa Cruz, Calif., does not seem like a back-to-the-land type. He has an iPhone, an iPad, two MacBooks, two desktop computers, a digital single-lens ...

Marty Picco, a 51-year-old software developer in Santa Cruz, Calif., does not seem like a back-to-the-land type. He has an iPhone, an iPad, two MacBooks, two desktop computers, a digital single-lens ...

It’s one of the idyls of our age, to imagine oneself lounging in a hot tub watching a golden sunset, glass of wine in hand and the love of your life at your side. Along the way though it’s one that’s ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. I think we can all universally agree that there’s something special about hot tubs. They’re magical ...

A hot tub is a must at any cabin worth its salt. Thankfully, the hefty plastic tubs of yore, which double as an energy suck and eyesore, may soon have competition from a decidedly more old-school take ...