Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a two-story shipping container home on their land in Texas. They invested about $100,000 in the home, building a full-size kitchen and a luxury bathroom. The Newkirks plan ...

Though it might not feel like it, we really don't need all the stuff we have around the house for it to feel like a proper home. Tiny houses and tiny living, in general, are proof of that, proposing a ...

The trend grew and shipping container homes are popular even today. In case you're not totally sold on the idea of owning a shipping container home, check out these ten inspiring projects that we've ...

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Twin Cities Live reporter Kelli Hanson takes us to the Jordan neighborhood in Minneapolis to visit a unique home made of shipping containers. Want to stay in Minnesota’s first shipping container home?

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

When the cost of a single-family home hewn from wood and traditional construction materials is out of reach for many low-income Phoenix residents, and hell, some middle-income earners too – the ...