There are only about a dozen homes on Florida’s isolated Cook Island, and now one of them is for sale. Located at 3 W. Cook Burg Pne., the beach cottage was built in 1985 and is truly “off-the-grid” ...

Off-grid power technology is getting better quickly, and this means it’s never been easier to enjoy running water and electric power for lighting and small cooking jobs in cabins and lakeside cottages ...

The Shingle Style keeps coming back. Or maybe it never went away. In 1955, Vincent Scully vigorously investigated this late 19th-century manifestation—with its picturesque vernacular architecture of ...

In Maine, large swaths of untouched land, coupled with a strong Yankee independent streak, have lured generations of hardy souls to build homes off the grid. Now, rising electricity costs are sparking ...