Michael Seitz spent three years renovating a 1918 "mushroom house" in Michigan. He wanted to create a fairytale-like roof and sketched out the design on a paper napkin. Seitz says he's not in a rush ...

Earl Young, a self-taught builder, brought fairytales to life starting in the 1920s in Charlevoix, a resort town in Northern Michigan, by constructing three-dozen homes, known as “mushroom houses” or ...

Often associated with chocolate box cottages in the English countryside, thatched homes actually come in all shapes and sizes and can be found around the world, with such techniques first being ...

A true postcard image, the traditional houses of Santana in Madeira are one of the island’s most recognisable symbols. These ...