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 ...

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 ...

From the road far out you could think this is a recreation lodge — 10,000 square feet, an eight-point elk, open land in every direction, a swimming pool and a pond that covers 1½ acres. It could be, ...