AMAZONIA, Mo. -- For some people, the American Dream is a house in the suburbs with a two-car garage. For others, it's a little simpler. Verlin Jones of rural Amazonia is one who prefers the simple ...

Some 20 years ago I built a log cabin the old way. It was a group effort; we were learning how to build a cabin from nationally known log cabin builder, Peter Gott. The cabin building project was ...

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 ...