My childhood friends Barney and Gary Bishop and I enjoyed the perfect outdoor play area, a special sandbox for our mining fantasies. Their grandmother, Georgie Bishop, lived in a house just west of ...

Families with kids of all ages can help Mentor Public Library build a sand castle kingdom at noon July 26 at Headlands Beach State Park in Mentor. The children can also enjoy stories and singing and ...

Next time you're at the beach, take a look around: You may spy a mermaid with long, tangled hair or a dragon with pointy ears and flared nostrils. If you get lucky, you'll come across an actual castle ...

Travel building toys sounds like an oxymoron. But building doesn't have to mean Lego or wooden-block edifices that sprawl ...

Families with kids of all ages can help Mentor Public Library build a sand castle kingdom at noon July 31 at Headlands Beach State Park in Mentor. They will all work together to build sand castles, ...

ND FEEL GOOD WEATHER TO FINISH UP. AUDR:EY THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF SUMMER TIME IS HEADING TOHE T BEACH PLAYING IN THE SAND AND BUILDING , A SAND CASTLE WITH THE FAMILY. BUT ONE ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it ...

Proper off-roading is an art that takes time and lots of experience to master. But of all the environments any adventurer can encounter on the trail, sand can be one of the trickiest and most complex.

The Japanese practice of drawing patterns in sand, known as “karesansui” or “dry landscape” gardening, is often associated with Zen Buddhism. These gardens are designed to embody a sense of ...

A geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures. By Joseph Scalia / The Conversation | Published Aug 22, 2022 9:00 PM EDT This article was originally featured on The ...