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, ...

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, ...

In this video, we begin our first major project of the year: a cabin extension. We start by cutting and debarking a tree near ...

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 ...

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.

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...

In the last couple of entries, we’ve covered a range of hand tools used to peel and prep logs to use in log cabin building. This time, we’ll look at some mechanical or power methods to do this job.

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 ...

May 21—Outside in a courtyard at Kalispell Middle School, a small log cabin — the handiwork of eighth-graders — is taking shape log by log. "All of the people coming out to Montana in the late 1800s ...