ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- Just put me in a pine box. It's been said by many and sung by some, too. Roger Rosengren took that phrase to heart eight years ago when a fellow carpenter handed him a drawing and ...

Karen and Patrick Kilby make caskets at their woodworking shop in Ottertail, Minn. The family-run business, A Simple Pine Box, makes individually handcrafted caskets. Karen Kilby displays the cherry ...

It’s what’s above ground that matters most to Marcus Daly. Though the coffins he makes at his Vashon Island workshop will be buried or entombed forever, along with their mortal contents, it’s the ...

Three years ago, as he was losing his fight with cancer, Neil Enslow's father made a request that would change the son's life. The elder Enslow, the longtime manager of a large lumber yard in Garden ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... How’s this for immersive? Elitch Gardens is debuting the Pine Box Challenge this fall, in which five souls will try to stay sane while inside the theme ...