It’s high summertime, blazing hot in much of the country, and hearts and minds turn to getting the heck out of town. Dreams go to a summer cabin, a getaway, a cottage. Whether we own one, rent one, or ...

Swedish architects defy cabin-loving tradition with a new seasonal retreat made of concrete. Swedes are very proud of their social democracy, and why wouldn’t they be? The Swedish welfare state–which, ...

A liberal use of knotty pine in this Crystal Lake home speaks vernacular cottage at every turn. Take a look. The Blessings may have lived in Portland, Oregon, for most of their adult lives, but if you ...

There are few better places to spend a Scandinavian summer than in a breezy cottage by the water. One stellar example is the Summer House completed by Swedish architecture firm Kod Arkitekter in the ...

Like it hot? Spend the summer at Marilyn Monroe’s house. The East Hampton cottage where the blonde bombshell and her third husband, Arthur Miller, vacationed is up for rent from Memorial Day through ...

There are many reasons for this decline. Among them are difficulties in finding affordable land to build a summer cottage on. Also, holidaymakers have many more options before them than they did in ...

ALPENA — Michigan's vacation home market is a story of diverging fortunes for the state's east and west coasts. On the Lake Michigan side, agents see rising prices and a growing number of people ...

Thinking of visiting Maine this summer? A set of summer cottages are available for rent off the Southern Maine coast during this summer season. The Dunes on The Waterfront is a 12-acre property where ...

It’s no secret that the towns along Lake Michigan are beautiful and as our next guest will tell you, they also make the perfect settings for a novel. We are very excited to have author and West ...

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The cottage that was Abraham Lincoln's refuge during the Civil War was reopened Monday. The rambling Victorian house stands on the grounds of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., and has some of ...