Couple lost suburban home, then built a better life on Ozarks homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on June 8, 2026 After losing their suburban home — buried under three mortgages and then a flood — Catherine and Phillip Lightfoot decided …
Three booms broke over Point Richmond’s backwaters. The village outlived them all by Nicolás Boullosa on June 4, 2026 Across the bay from San Francisco, Point Richmond is a piece of the past that survived the industrial era and …
Couldn’t afford a house. Now he builds his own underground Missouri home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2026 Kyle Yoder couldn’t afford to buy a home, so he’s been building one himself — by hand, with earth, rubble, …
Was told not to build underground. Ravaging tornado proved him right by Kirsten Dirksen on May 25, 2026 When Tim and Monica open the front door of their underground home buried beneath a Missouri hillside, they step into …
Living 35 ft underground: inside a preserved Titan II nuclear missile silo by Kirsten Dirksen on May 17, 2026 For decades, four missileers at a time lived 35 stories underground in this Titan II command complex outside Tucson, Arizona …
Family wanted to start over. They’re building opt-in village for anyone to apply by Kirsten Dirksen on May 10, 2026 Sarah and her family of 5 ditched the city grid for a radically self-sufficient life 45 minutes down a dirt …
Leaves rat race, digs himself remote earthen home with underground rotunda by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2026 Sammy left his office job in Ohio to teach himself a completely different way of building. He moved to rural …
Couple builds homestead of 12 earthen domes linked like private village by Kirsten Dirksen on April 26, 2026 Nicolette and Ian built 12 earthen domes in 12 months in the middle of the Chihuahuan desert — no construction …
Tall couple’s Big small home: how 1 space gets infinite configurations by Kirsten Dirksen on April 19, 2026 In Scott and Susan Burbank’s tiny house, almost everything moves — even the kitchen, just not the kitchen sink. Cabinets …
5 years building private village out of free dirt for family of 6 by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2026 After 5 years of traveling full-time in a tiny home, this family of 6 realized they couldn’t go back to …
