Weekend Cabin

Island time takes on new meaning when you're the only one on it.

The designer went from boatbuilder to carpenter to cabin maker.

Just four miles from Kilauea, it’s rentable if it survives the eruption

This beacon serves as home at the center of many an ideal dreamscape.

Cat ski out your front door at this Crested Butte lodge.

This Big Sur popup is almost always booked—might be faster (though sure not cheaper) just to buy one yourself.

Bringing back the passively cooled breezeway house, a.k.a shotgun house, a.k.a. possum-trot

Nasty weather is often referred to as sporting, rowdy, or Western, but perhaps “Icelandic” would [...]

An open and airy shelter for rangers in a Dutch park might have Forest Service workers turning green.

These futuristic concept pieces are finally available for purchase.

Get a little wanderlusty during New England's most flattering season.

Start saving for airfare now, because you'll want to take advantage of these backcountry refuges.

Of course, you're going to have to go to Scotland to stay there. Everyone okay with that?

This one room plus loft is an exercise in Scandinavian restraint.

Bonnie Belle Cabin offers the comforts of home in the quiet grace of the mountains.

The linear geometry and unadorned decoration keep the focus on the Norwegian sky and snow.

He spent 35 years in America and finally went back to the paradise of his birth. What he built is pretty sweet.

It's also accessible by train and sleeps four. On your mark, get set, go!

A remarkably cute hut in the stunning Talkeetnas provides access to exceptionally rugged adventures.

Built over 20 years from salvaged materials, this getaway continues to evolve.

So, what's a Panhandle tower with 13 acres and an outhouse go for these days?

This short film about an island community reminds that it's not the cabin that counts, it's what you find there.

The Case Inlet house blurs the lines between outside and in

Norway's biggest outdoor association erected a cool, functional, and inspiring retreat.

This Argentine escape is a modern take on the classic beach house.

This little house marks reason 568 why you gotta go to Iceland.

Next time you're in Australia, stay high in the canopy of the Blue Mountain rainforest. You might need to [...]

It's home to a family of snowboarders who if they're ever snowbound can always shred the roof.

Next time you're heading to Joshua Tree, maybe you should post up at this sweet rental.

We talk to the pro snowboarding legend about how he created one of the coolest homes ever.

Fairytale coastal cottages and mountain retreats in Canada's most gorgeous region.

Double down on solitude at this private retreat in the valleys of the Torres del Paine.

Ever wonder how the one percent crashes where the five-percent powder falls? Take a look...

We'll tell you where it is, but then you're going to have to rent it for the night and take us with you.

Oh, let's just overlook the cost and focus on the coziness of this Pacific Northwest getaway.

A nostalgic taste of what Yosemite might have been like were we lucky enough to have enjoyed it in the early 1960s.

Located on Finland's largest lake, this bolthole combines a sense of privacy with an amazing view from a [...]

This singular home in Western Canada is an antidote to cookie cutter houses and, well, just about everything.

The Blue Landmarks project features a collection of seaside structures across Denmark's South Funen Archipelago.

This secluded encampment on Northern California coast draws authors to the mountains for a creative escape.

Roughing it it's not, but you can't beat the views of this rentable Swiss Alps art project.

Sweethearts whose lives diverged, they found each other decades later, then built this house.

Built to fit in with surrounding buildings, this home incorporates the aesthetics of "poor" construction in a [...]

The Tye Haus near Stevens Pass, Washington, is just over an hour from Seattle, but a world away from the city.

The linear geometry and unadorned decoration keep the focus on the Norwegian sky and snow.

The Papaya Ranch is nestled right near the beach off a dirt road somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands.

A design firm that only works with non-profits creates gorgeous tiny shelters near Leadville, Colorado.

Goose Creek Tower scrapes against the FAA height ceiling and stretches toward Seussian dreams

This getaway near one of eastern Canada's best ski hills can sleep your whole crew and then some.

Sharpen your blades! Here's the inspiring birth of a wooden house in words and film.

When your needs are simple, your weekend escape can be, too.

Surrounded by the Dolomites, this rentable mountaintop room is one of a kind.

A new cabin near Whistler cleaves a striking silhouette in the BC woods.

If everything looks tight and tidy, there's a reason for that–the designer was a wooden boat builder.

Job responsibilities including seeking out and testing the best snow on the surrounding San Juan peaks.

As with elsewhere in Europe, Romania has replaced a drafty, ancient mountain shelter with a striking modern [...]

Location is everything, so take this view-ready 'RV' wherever you think best.

Sure, you can hire an architect. Or you can just super-size your Lincoln Logs project.

This trilogy of island cabins is perched on the site of a disused quarry.

Order a house online and put it together yourself, with about as much hassle as putting up your tent.