After NYC, she moved to village dug underground: fixing 4 caves in 15 years by Kirsten Dirksen on August 30, 2026 After growing up in Manhattan, Thea Carini landed in Bourré – a tiny French stone-mining town with dozens of homes …
Veteran saw collapse abroad. Now builds antifragile family homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on August 10, 2026 For the past 20 years, Josh and Chiara Morris have built a 360-acre homestead in the Missouri Ozarks that today …
Visionary dad built underground home. Son restored it to former glory by Kirsten Dirksen on August 2, 2026 For decades, Conway worked mostly alone, crafting a one-of-a-kind underground home into a Missouri mountainside — no permits, no architect, …
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, …
4-generation family builds container fourplex atop giant missile silo by Kirsten Dirksen on February 22, 2026 After purchasing a Titan II Missile Silo Complex in Arizona—decommissioned in 1983 and buried under concrete and dirt for more …
Engineer’s underground dome home blends into desert like living organism by Kirsten Dirksen on February 15, 2026 In 1983, engineer Greg Reinhart bought a patch of raw land in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and began carving out a …
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 …
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 …
Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2023 When Al Schwarz moved from upstate NY near Dallas, TX, for work, he wanted a home with low energy bills …
Texan maker’s underground survival bunkers are real batcaves by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2020 In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. …
