Couple raises family in self-sufficient homestead… inside a greenhouse by Kirsten Dirksen on November 30, 2025 Sylvia, who works for the Swedish military, and Johan, an IT professional, built a family home fully enclosed in a …
1st look at our forest homestead: simple life in stone hut & hermit cave by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2025 After years of looking for a piece of simple land—a place we could learn from rather than develop—we finally came …
Was told ‘You can’t build underground.’ Got dream buried dome fully permitted by Kirsten Dirksen on November 16, 2025 Brad was told, “You can’t build underground.” He proved them wrong, self-building the buried dome he had envisioned & getting …
20 years building underground maze of natural-light tunnel homes by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2025 Twenty years ago, Zach and Allison Anderson began digging into a hillside on their property in Grass Valley, California, to …
Turning suburban backyard into Bronze Age paradise: year-round food & natural lake by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2025 On an ordinary suburban lot in Sebastopol, California, Erik Ohlsen and his family grow nearly everything they eat—fruits, vegetables, nuts, …
Couple’s traditional underground home hides in magical Nordic forest by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2025 In an enchanted forest in Småland, Sweden, Marianna and Anders Agetorp live on a fairytale-like homestead surrounded by moss, boulders, …
They found abandoned pirate fortress & turned it into dream hideout home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 19, 2025 It looks like a forgotten pirate fortress, straight out of The Count of Monte Cristo or Game of Thrones: a …
How Finland fixed homelessness while the US fails: home vs. shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on October 12, 2025 Meet the American idealists inspired by Finland’s model to end homelessness. It all started when they noticed something odd from …
He created prefab kit to self-build underground homes on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2025 Dave has spent the past decade refining ways to build affordable underground homes. We last visited him to see his …
Starting over in Ghost Town: they found perfect village to escape 9-to-5 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 28, 2025 Shaniko, Oregon — once the “Wool Capital of the World” — went bust more than a century ago and with …
