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 …
Competent gentleness: three Cold War engineers who built worlds for their families by Nicolás Boullosa on August 6, 2026 On an Ozark hillside and in the Maine woods, the quiet engineers of the postwar era are leaving, and handing …
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, …
