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Mökki Hovland Hut 10

Mökki Hovland Hut Studio Cabin in Minnesota

Tucked in the Minnesota forest near Lake Superior sits this 16×16 Mökki Hovland Hut, built by a local carpenter and an instructor from a nearby school. It has a grand covered porch, tons of windows that let nature inside, and a wood-burning stove to keep you toasty on chilly nights. The interior of the cabin…

Gaucho Cabin 8

Gaucho Cabin: Argentina-Inspired A-Frame Cabin

This is a beautiful A-Frame cabin designed and built in Grand Marais, Minnesota with inspiration from the owner’s trip to Argentina. The modern simplicity is eco-friendly (solar-powered!) and takes you right back to nature with its surroundings and huge windows. The off-grid cabin has a bucket-fed outdoor shower as well as an outhouse with a…

Getting Degrees Online While Traveling in Their Bumpin Bus 4

Online College In Their $32,000 Bus Conversion

Ginnie and Austin met in the Army and got married, eventually deciding to leave and get degrees with the GI Bill. They’re able to do online school and travel in their skoolie! Pretty amazing. They have a gorgeous self-converted skoolie that cost them $32,000 to build out (including the bus cost). Enjoy the photo tour…

Luxury Log Cabin on Half Acre in Alabama For Sale 4

A 399 Sq. Ft. Log Cabin Park Model on Half an Acre in Mentone, Alabama

This is the combination tiny house hunters keep asking for and rarely find: a finished small home and the land beneath it. A 399-square-foot log cabin park model in Mentone, Alabama, on a half-acre lot, set on a sealed concrete footing. Inside it runs a spacious living room with an electric fireplace, a galley kitchen…

Abandoning the American Dream For Real Happiness in Their Skoolie 6

Ditching the American Dream for Skoolie Life

Tawny and Mike had the American Dream — a home, a gym, and all the trappings of modern life. But they felt trapped and unhappy despite their circumstances and wanted to find more. So they started selling everything and building a school bus home! It’s been four years, and they split their skoolie’s time between…

Four Years Overlanding in Europe 10

Four Years Overlanding in Europe in Self-Built Rig

Stuart and Charlotte were no strangers to tiny house life when they bought an old military truck and decided to transform it into an off-roading home. They had already spent a couple of years living vanlife, but wanted a rig that could take them anywhere. They spent much of the 2020 lockdown finishing their build…

Live, Work, Travel in Their 1995 Thomas Vista Skoolie 16

Live, Work, Travel in Their 1995 Thomas Vista Skoolie

Tim and Meg wanted to get out of the rut of office work and apartment life, so they converted a 1995 Thomas Vista into their cozy home on wheels. The shorter bus still houses everything they need, like a kitchen (with an oven!), a mini wood-burning stove, and a snug back bedroom. They tell their…

Actress & Audio Mixer’s Van with a Laundry Chute 2

Actress and Audio Mixer’s Live-Work Van Life

Jess is an actress, and Josh mixes audio for sets — the long hours and travel kept them apart, so during the same year they planned their wedding, the couple converted their 2019 Ford Transit. Now, they can pursue work side-by-side based near LA. Their van has a fabulous functional kitchen with a pantry and…

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Van Life in his Lexus GX470 Overlander

This is the story of how one man turned his 2007 Lexus GX470 into his overland vehicle for traveling and working remotely as a software engineer. He retrofitted the vehicle to house all of his basic living needs including a rear kitchen with a refrigerator and a rooftop tent with 300W of solar panels. While…