A Neolithic Cellar with a Stone Floor

A cellar with a paved floor beneath a home is an almost unheard of feature for the Neolithic period. Members of the Funnel Beaker Culture (around 4000 BCE) created the cellar on the island of Falster in southeast Denmark, where workers stumbled on the remains of ancient homes while extending a railway in the area. … Read more

3 Moons Earthbag Community is For Sale

The founder  of 3 Moons Earthbag Community in Nevada, Jeanne Rucquoi, is now 92 years old and ready to hand it over to the next generation. The key is to find someone who believes in the dream. The 3 Moons project is a magical place an hour from Las Vegas in the desert.  It includes … Read more

The Norwegian Folk Museum

For thousands of years survival in Norway’s countryside, where farms were miles from each other, meant complete self-sufficiency. Farmsteads were like small villages with several families living together and building their homes from logs and turf. At Oslo’s Norwegian Folk Museum, entire farmsteads have been transplanted log-by-log by master carpenters who use traditional joinery techniques … Read more