Hundreds of Minnesota families lived in corrugated steel sheds called Quonset huts after World War II — an economical but temporary solution to the era's housing crisis. The "ugly but necessary" ...

Quonset huts, used as temporary housing by the military during World War II, became student housing on college campuses after the war. The enrollments at colleges and universities surged when ...

In Detroit, one developer has turned Quonset huts—better known for their use on farms and military bases—into affordable, efficient housing. On a half-vacant block a few miles outside of downtown ...

In 2014, Iain Harris had more than a vision of how to convert a 1942 Quonset hut — packed with rubbish from squatters and industrial relics of a former stained-glass factory — into a home. He also had ...

Few episodes in Alaska's history have had a more profound impact in shaping the territory's development and character than World War II. Preceding the war, Alaska was an isolated wilderness populated ...