In the snowy woods of a valley west of this college town, John and Mary Beth Cook have taken up a version of mountain living amended for the modern world. Last year, they completed and moved into a ...

Though modern homes are popping up in ski towns across the U.S., no style feels as natural in these mountainous settings as a log cabin. Whether it sports the traditional wide horizontal logs, or is ...

When the concept of log homes was introduced in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe over 200 years ago, it was initially viewed as a stale idea of building dwellings with rustic back woods. Over the years, ...

This is the beginning of a series discussing tools used in the process of log building. Of course, a lot of these tools can be used for many other applications, but log building will be the main focus ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. — With a Lincoln Log and barn exterior style, Property Brokers of Minnesota Realtor Caitlyn DeCook describes a home near Lake City as “one of a kind.” The wood log home, which has ...