Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The late naturalist’s remote lifestyle has captivated Americans—myself included—for decades. Would a visit to his off-grid ...

We remember watching Alone in the Woods years ago on Public Television. It’s a story of a self-sufficient man named [Dick Proenneke] who loved the outdoors and decided to live alone in the Alaskan ...

DONNELLSON, Iowa (AP) - A replica of an Iowa native’s Alaska wilderness cabin is being built in a southeastern Iowa city. Craftsmen Pat and Denna Beelman are building a life-size replica of Richard ...

Dick Proenneke visited his cabin at Upper Twin Lake for the last time in the year 2000 at the age of 84. Follow along during that visit, and learn and why he came to believe that there is no place ...

DONNELLSON — The Donnellson Public Library will celebrate the 106th birthday of a Lee County man who went to live alone in the hostile Alaskan wilderness and became an icon of that state. The public ...