Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden cabin. Jim and Rachel Van Eerden’s “Walden”-inspired cabin in Stokesdale, ...

While searching for a new home a few years ago, my wife and I toured a log cabin for rent in the mountains of western North Carolina. It was built with historic reclaimed wood, and the long, stacked ...