Dugout house

This 1845 dugout home was dug into the lee side of a hill and required very little in the way of lumber.

Heritage Park and Monument in Salt Lake City, UT

Want to learn how to build a cheap house? Look no further. Let me ask you; how would your life change if you never had to pay rent or interest on a

House dugout

I really love imagining what it would be like to live in completely different ways. When I was a kid, many of my favorite books had vivid descriptions of offbeat homes; my favorite comes from My Side of the Mountain, in which a boy runs away from home and builds a life living in a hollowed-out oak tree with a pet hawk. This is the book I thought of when I learned about Dan Price, an artist who lives in a hole he dug.

In a forest in southern Småland, in southern Sweden, there is a small earthen cabin you can rent on Airbnb. The cabin is partially buried in...

View Townsend Touring Park in Herefordshire, England. Family friendly, playground, dogs allowed and restrooms. Best prices, easy booking, no fees with immediate confirmation.

The Ingalls family first arrived in Walnut Grove in 1874 when Laura was 7 years old. Their first home was a dugout along the banks of plum Creek. Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the series of books titled "The Little House On the Prairie". These books were made into a very popular TV series of the same name. Interior of dugout.... This is representative of a one room country school, which Laura would have attended and later taught in one similar in the Dakota Territory. Local justice....

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Our first stop this morning was Keldur -- an old farm with turf-roofed buildings and a sweet little church. We had to walk up a little lane ...