If you're looking to create a self-sufficient, eco-friendly home deep in nature, a mud house with a rice-growing roof, a survival shelter, and a forest cabin is the ultimate sustainable living setup.

“Solitude is the school of genius,” the historian Sir Edward Gibbon once said. Which is why I’m here at this ÖÖD mirror cabin ...

"High-level sleeping and play platforms offered views into the forest, and large slatted ... Then there's the "tiny house" movement, with cabin life appealing to people seeking a simpler, more ...

In 1947, Paul Hugo’s great-uncle built a small, 20-by-30-foot cabin in El Dorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe. It was his first time constructing a home, with only the help of his similarly ...

A central circular window stands out as the feature of the cabin, filling the interior with natural light and providing panoramic views of the surrounding forest. The Burl Treehouse design does ...

“The Civilian Conservation Corps house is a fieldstone masonry cabin in Cave Creek Canyon dating from the 1930s,” said Kathy Makansi, an archaeologist with the Coronado National Forest.

TRES PIEDRAS — On the edge of the Carson National Forest and backed by a large rock formation, the home conservationist Aldo Leopold built to live in during his time as a forest supervisor has ...

Behind humble plywood, wool keeps the house insulated. To avoid impacting the landscape, the cabin has no driveway—instead, wooden walkways wind through the forest, connecting a small parking ...

“So, the money that comes in from renting the house will help keep this beautiful old girl up, but also it’s going to help us take care of other historic cabins on the Carson National Forest ...

At $175 a night, Leopold's craftsman house will be the first cabin for rent on National Forest land in New Mexico. The price point was set to try to make the cabin affordable to a wide range of ...