Jun. 30—Local history buffs ought to enjoy this one: A "historic inventory" of the Adair-Uppertown section of Astoria, by Jill A. Chappel. It's actually a rather dry 1994 report to the city's ...

A vacant beach house built on stilts has collapsed into the sea off the coast of North Carolina. The impact was so severe that it inflicted structural damage on a neighbouring house which crashed into ...

A house on stilts is definitely an eyebrow raiser and might get you wondering the reason behind such a design. Here's what it ...

A just-finished waterfront vacation retreat in Longboat Key, Fla. has a contemporary style, is energy efficient and sits on 14-foot-tall stilts, putting its living area 17 feet above sea level. In the ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — One Beaumont homeowner is thanking government funding for helping her not only survive Harvey but for making changes to her home so that she never goes through that horror again.

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. When recently writing about a cabin built on stilts—a small ...

A steel-framed glass bungalow perched on stilts jutting over a private lake in Hampshire could make for a spectacular commuter home — or impressive retreat within easy reach of the capital. The ...

These things are totally bizarre, traditional McMansions jacked up in the air on stilts to get above the floodlines set after Katrina and Sandy. There used to be a real vernacular of houses built on ...

The thrill of watching planes land in incredibly challenging places never gets old: there's this one between cliffs in Peru, this one that shuts down Gibraltar's main road, and the wind-whipped runway ...