Shawn James bought 20 acres near Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada. — -- One Canadian man has gone back to the basics. And has even built himself a log cabin out in the wilderness -- alone!

In this episode, we fell one of the tallest trees so far, resulting in two solid logs. The larger log was too heavy to lift, ...

Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Living in a cozy little cabin nestled in the woods is part ...

In this final episode of 2023, we refurbish old chairs and build a table from scratch using 2x6 pine for the tabletop and 2x4 cedar for the legs. We stain and varnish the tabletop and celebrate our ...

Tasha Zemke is Outside magazine’s associate managing editor and a member of the Outside Online travel team. She's also an avid world traveler. Josh Drinkard always wanted to build his own cabin.

Architecture styles tend to come and go, but there are a handful of classic home structures that continue to stand the tests of time. The log cabin is most definitely one of those. Although the large ...

AMAZONIA, Mo. -- For some people, the American Dream is a house in the suburbs with a two-car garage. For others, it's a little simpler. Verlin Jones of rural Amazonia is one who prefers the simple ...

Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner helps, from left, Rowan Wisher, Gavin Baker and Cooper Pelc cut a saddle notch as Schreiner's eighth-grade history students construct a log cabin on ...

Time-lapse video of Canadian man building log cabin by himself Shawn James, 47, loves the simpler things in life, so much that the father of two bought 20 acres near Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada, ...