Couple’s off-grid living on Nordic island II: preparing for winter at 63° N by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2025 At 63° North, life on a small Finnish island brings long winters, frozen lakes, and a rhythm deeply tied to …
Couple builds fulfilling life & homestead on abandoned Nordic island by Kirsten Dirksen on September 14, 2025 At 63° North — where the midnight sun lingers and winters test endurance at 35 below — a young couple …
Leaving tech to build wild-canyon homestead: Watch Duty creator’s life by Kirsten Dirksen on September 7, 2025 John Mills‘ story is part survival guide, part tech revolution, and part experiment in how to live with the land …
68 & starting fresh: building DIY 2-cabin dream homestead from scratch by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2025 At 68, Jeannette Belliveau sold her Baltimore home and moved to rural Idaho to build her dream homestead from the …
Turning giant Cold War missile silo into 50-ton-door underground home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 24, 2025 In the early 1990s, retired engineer David McIntyre bought what most people would see as an empty underground shell: a …
35 years underground: Dan Price’s living free on tranquil river meadow by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2025 For 35 years, Dan Price has lived underground in a tiny “hobbit hole” tucked into a quiet Oregon mountain meadow. …
6 friends, 6 units, 1 lot: each owns their dream home for $800/month by Kirsten Dirksen on August 10, 2025 In a town where average rent is $1,400, six single adults became homeowners for just $10,000 each—and now pay $800/month …
Dream Domestead uses water & geothermal for all-season paradise in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2025 This off-grid homestead includes two handcrafted natural homes, a geodesic dome greenhouse built from local stone, a hand-dug stream, two …
She got ancient hermit tower, cave & chapel for the price of a car by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2025 In the wild, stony hills of the Mani Peninsula—once home to pirates, hermits, and feuding clans— Elena Zervoudakis stumbled upon …
Family’s self-built greenhouse home in farm country has indoor orchard 🌳 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 20, 2025 When Roja Brimalm and Johan Holmstedt set out to build a home for their family on the windswept plains of …
