There aren't a lot of 17-year-olds out there today who would want to spend their lives living off the grid. Most teens around that age want to be fully connected all the time. Maddy Roark isn't like most teenagers. While other kids were at home, spending the majority of their time indoors, ...

We thought we were doing a good job just being able to fix a leaking sink until we watched Shawn James build this cabin. Not only does James manage to build an incredible cabin alone, he does it without power tools, using only trees he cut down himself.

Private groundwater wells are awesome. Not only does it cut out any money owed to the city every month for a basic necessity like water, it also allows for the use of fresh water without any added chemicals, just like it was intended. The bad thing about groundwater wells is they're completely ...