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This is one of the tiny houses of the Thousand Islands, which is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the U.S.-Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.

This photo was sent in by one of our readers and was also showcased in Christina’s post Tiny Houses on Tiny Islands. Perfect for a Tiny House in a Landscape feature. Thank you!

To close off October, I thought this picture was appropriate. The fall colors are extremely bright and the log cabin just blends into them beautifully.

I’m sure this is located back east somewhere, as the log structure is typical of that area and generally we don’t get those bright orange leaves out in the west where I live. If anyone can track down the location of this photograph, I will add it to the post.

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is of a neat little red house with a living roof nestled in the hills with the sun rising in the background.

I like the simplistic design of the house and the location is very peaceful and inviting. It looks to me like a European setting with the living roof, but the person who submitted the photo was not able to give a location. As usual, any ideas or suggestions are welcome in the comment section below.

If you can’t find sanctuary in your own tiny house, how about in a tiny church? As we get closer to the holidays we can celebrate the many different ways that people worship, and some of them worship in tiny little churches or chapels that can only hold about a dozen attendees. Many of these miniscule churches and chapels are famous just for their size and have been included in several websites including Roadside America.

Church in Bitterroot Valley, MT

A few of these churches were built small because of a lack of construction funds, and some because of a lack of space or land. Whatever the reason, these tiny little treasures might really prove that God is in the details. Continue Reading »

This photo was taken in the autumn in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. (Correction) This is outside of the town of Crystal – south of Marble and Redstone, about and hour and a half drive’s south of Glenwood Springs. Photograph by Bobby Douglas, thanks Rene for finding this beautiful photo.

I had the opportunity of spending a week jeeping and camping in the mountains behind Silverton, Ouray and Telluride as a teenager. We explored many mines and had the privilege of seeing this waterfall and mill/cabin when I was there.

If you ever get a chance to explore this part of the country be sure and do it.

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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Dave sent me the information about these photos that are on a really cool site of historical pictures called Shorpy Historic Archive.

Dugout house of homesteaders Faro and Doris Caudill with Mount Allegro in the background. Pie Town, New Mexico. The Caudills at dinner. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.

Before industry and technology gave us sawmills and frame houses, this is how the average person lived in much of the world. The dugout or pit house, with sod roof, log walls and earthen floor, is among the most ancient of human dwellings — at some point in history your ancestors lived in one. Continue Reading »

This is the first weekend in October and the feel of fall is in the air, I thought this picture was appropriate for this weeks Tiny House in a Landscape.

It makes me want to take a walk down this trail and than stop and sit on one of these benches and just enjoy the peace and quiet of the setting of this little house.

The leaves are turning color and starting to fall. What a great way to spend a day!

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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I am a sucker for aged wood on old houses and this one is on the water and the lighting could not be better, to show off the colors.

Unfortunately, I don’t know who the photographer is or where this picture was taken as one of our readers emailed the picture to me and didn’t know either.

So if any of you can track that information down, please let me know through the comment section below. I’ll than update the post so we all know. Enjoy!

Paul Kraus from Kansas is sharing a stone cottage in Kansas for our feature this week. Here is what Paul says about this cute little cottage.

When visiting my roots, my mother informed me that my Great Grandma
built a tiny stone cottage called her “Rambler’s Rest”, constructed of
stone gathered locally and from friend and family travels around the
globe.

Thanks Paul for these great photos and sharing them with us. If you have some interesting photos that would fit into this weekly feature be sure and email them to me at tinyhouseblog(at)gmail(dot)com.

Welcome to Rambler's Rest

Ramblers Rest with Fire Pit

Rambler's Rest Profile

View from the South

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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For only a week out of each year, Black Rock City, the home of Burning Man, is the fourth largest city in the state of Nevada. While the festival participants’ camps are only temporary, a lot of work goes into creating a comfortable, beautiful tiny shelter. These tiny “houses” have to be able to withstand up to 80 mile an hour winds, have to protect their inhabitants from the desert heat and cold, and the notorious dust storms of the Black Rock Desert. It also helps if they are colorful and attract attention. It makes them easier to find in the mass creativity that is Black Rock City.

Our neighborhood of 3:15 and Inherit in Black Rock City, NV

While at Burning Man, you “live” in the city. When someone asks you where you live, you say something like, “On the corner of 7:00 and Chaos, right next to the giant spaceship.” (referring to the horizontal “C” street and vertical number street of the Black Rock City map). This year’s city was 9,460 feet in diameter and included 44 miles of streets. It helps to know exactly where your tiny house is located.

To the un-Burned eye, Black Rock City looks a little beat up and run down, but when you are in one of the most inhospitable places on earth, any little bit of comfort is appreciated. The inhabitants of Black Rock City are an amazing group of people with extremely creative ideas and skills who create little laps of luxury in the desert.

These are some of my favorite tiny houses of Black Rock City:

Hexayurts were quite popular this year

So were tipis

I even found a half-finished gypsy wagon down the street

A very well insulated yurt

This structure has a central living area and a loft for sleeping

A beautiful, handmade truck trailer

This geodome uses solar panels for power

The Oliver trailer owned by Chris and Cherie from Technomadia

These tiny houses were built for storage and sleeping

The trailer of the Hollywood Death Squad

Our neighbor converted a toy hauler into a tiny shelter with French doors

This dome was used as a steam room

A lovely pink setup at the entrance to Kidsville

This mutant vehicle, also a shelter, was towed by a tractor

The inhabitants of the VW Bus Camp travel in groups

You can even have a white picket fence in Black Rock City

And my all-time favorite…

The Neverwas Haul, one of the best known mutant vehicles on the Playa