The shade we gathered in: on losing trees, and what they leave behind by Nicolás Boullosa on June 19, 2026 Two English trees died this year: one loved to death by crowds, one felled by vandals. What their afterlives, and …
Solo on river shantyboat: quits city to live free at edge of society by Kirsten Dirksen on June 14, 2026 Seven years ago, Martin Haseman set out to find a way to live for free in America. He tried RV …
First love, then technique: the underrated power of building bigger-than-life things by Nicolás Boullosa on June 11, 2026 A World Cup that won’t get going, a cathedral that finally did, and why conciliation (not muscle) is the kind …
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, …
A much-biased personal account of 1776 & its reverberations, 250th Anniversary edition by Nicolás Boullosa on May 28, 2026 Rivers have a profound meaning in all civilizations, and any American, no matter the origin or ideology, will identify with …
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 …
The case for civilization-scale projects: completing Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia 🏗️ by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2026 A hundred years after Antoni Gaudí died on his way to confession, the Sagrada Familia finishes its skyline — the …
