Leaving tech to build wild-canyon homestead: Watch Duty creator’s life by Kirsten Dirksen on September 7, 2025 John Mills‘ story is part survival guide, part tech revolution, and part experiment in how to live with the land …
68 & starting fresh: building DIY 2-cabin dream homestead from scratch by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2025 At 68, Jeannette Belliveau sold her Baltimore home and moved to rural Idaho to build her dream homestead from the …
Dream Domestead uses water & geothermal for all-season paradise in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2025 This off-grid homestead includes two handcrafted natural homes, a geodesic dome greenhouse built from local stone, a hand-dug stream, two …
He escaped Iron Curtain on a flying go-kart. Now lives in 1-person Ghost Town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 27, 2025 Ivo Zdarsky lives alone in Lucin, Utah—a ghost town so remote it barely registers on most maps. His home is …
He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead by Kirsten Dirksen on November 1, 2021 After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something …
From Gotham to isolated, code & debt-free West Texas estate by Kirsten Dirksen on November 17, 2014 Seven years ago John Wells sold his heavily-mortgaged home in upstate New York and bought 40 acres in West Texas …
Living like it’s 2050: Transition Farm in North Carolina by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 The town of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina became a Transition Town in 2009. While the community has always been highly …
