In this video, I spend 30 days alone deep in the forest, building a small log and stone cabin completely by hand. The project begins with laying a solid stone foundation, giving the cabin strength and ...

From October into November, my wife and I—and our two dogs—drove from New Mexico to Vermont to turn our unfinished 12-by-12 log cabin into a little off-grid home. We transformed it from the empty ...

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...

While searching for a new home a few years ago, my wife and I toured a log cabin for rent in the mountains of western North Carolina. It was built with historic reclaimed wood, and the long, stacked ...