Building Off the Grid

A family building a dovetail log cabin races to beat the elements.

A family builds an off-the-grid farmhouse in the Wisconsin countryside.

A young couple sets out to create their dream treehouse in Northern GA.

A young man builds an off-the-grid home on family land in rural Illinois.

Two outdoorsmen build an off-the-grid hunting cabin in southern Colorado.

A family builds a forever home on 46 acres overlooking the Smoky Mountains.

A husband surprises his wife with a vacation home built on a rock quarry.

In Ohio, two brothers build a high-end, off-grid vacation home on their family's cattle ranch.

A nature-loving architect builds a modern California cabin that rivals the views of nearby Big Sur.

An eco-friendly couple plans to build a timber frame, straw-bale cabin in a heavily wooded forest of Maine. But when winter comes early, the already difficult build nears impossible as single-digit temperatures threaten to end the dream before it even starts.

A couple races to finish a modern, off-grid lodge overlooking the south shores of Lake Superior.

A couple builds a rainforest retreat within the edge of an active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.

Kolin Buzerak returns to his family's 100-acre property in Upstate New York to put down some roots; he plans to build an off-grid timber frame cabin with a full kitchen, living space, dining area, and open loft bedroom.