try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-952690").style.display="none";}catch(e){} We've all heard the expression, "Have you been living under a rock?!" But there are very few people who can genuinely respond: "I have." Benito Hernandez, of Coahulla, Mexico, is one of them. For more than 30 years, ... Continue Reading »

As more people bike to work, they're looking for housing that can accommodate their lifestyles. Continue Reading »

A group of online organizers and a gun company are planning to build a fortified city in Idaho called The Citadel, where every resident from age 13 and up would be armed with guns. The goal of the community is to "fiercely" protect the ideals of American liberty and to be prepared for catastrophe of any kind. According ... Continue Reading »

Former Playboy Bunny Holly Madison's bright pink doghouse has put her, well, in the doghouse with her current homeowners' association. Their relationship with the HOA has been so strained over the structure that Madison and her partner, Pasquale Rotella, say that they have decided to sell their Las Vegas home. The model ... Continue Reading »

Brokerage firm Redfin rounded up the hottest neighborhoods for buying a home in 2013. Continue Reading »

By Brendon DeSimone According to a recent survey, people who belong to the Generation X and Generation Y demographics haven't been deterred by the housing market downturn at all. A Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate poll found that 75 percent of Gen X and Gen Y respondents believe owning a home is a key indicator of ... Continue Reading »

China has taken the concept of the mobile home to a whole new level. Beijing's People's Architecture Office and People's Industrial Design Office have designed and built a mobile home so small that it can be folded up, accordion-style, and carted around on the back of a tricycle. The fact that housing has become ... Continue Reading »

Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year for most Americans. It also stands out as the only federal holiday with religious origins: all other federal holidays commemorate events or people in American history or mark the start of the secular calendar. America is a predominately Christian country: 76 percent of adults ... Continue Reading »

Some in Paradise Valley, Ariz., aren't happy about a mansion there that's home to Fratpad, an adults-only webcam service, describing it as a "pornography house" that's out of place in their community. But Fratcam's owner says his business is actually a boon to the neighborhood. Activities at the 7,500-square-foot ... Continue Reading »

By Geoffrey Ingersoll The prevalence of "fallout" shelters in pop culture, indeed in culture itself, has seen a recent spike. Maybe it was the 2008 global economic crisis, or the deafening apocalyptic talk of prominent pundits (ahem, Glenn Beck), or even the resurgence of the zombie as the way that life on earth ... Continue Reading »

It's hard being beautiful. Luckily, for the next owner of this home, you won't have to go very far to get yourself all gussied up. It's just a walk down the hallway -- to the home's own freakin' hair and nail salon! Atlanta's priciest listing -- up for grabs for $19.9 million -- is for the vainest of them all. It's ... Continue Reading »

Once the reality series' stars close the door on the beach house for good, what places will they really call home? Continue Reading »

Dentist John Learner will most likely tell you to keep your sweet tooth under control -- but his is running wild. Gingerbread, Pop Tarts, fruit roll-ups, icing, candy canes, hundred of pieces of gum: These are a few of his favorite things. It's not that he's eating them, though. He's using the sweets to build some of ... Continue Reading »

The owner of Richard Nixon's former home in Washington, D.C., irks neighbors by installing backyard hockey rink. Continue Reading »

The soldier vows to display the flags upside-down outside her home until the end of the second Obama term. Her protest has gotten the neighborhood talking. Continue Reading »