Steelworker quits at 50, builds $50K cordwood home lit by colorful bottles by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2026 At 50, Jason Fine walked away from his union boilermaker job and cashed out his retirement to buy 29 acres …
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 …
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 …
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, …
