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Cabin and sauna near Vidzeme, Latvia.
Contributed by Daina Zalāne.
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Boat house on Bømlo Island, Norway.
Contributed by Charles Isabey.
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Cascade Clubhouse in Leavenworth, Washington.
Contributed by by Melanie Boling.
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11th Century hut near Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands.
Contributed by Marcus O'Connell.
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Bathhouse in Härjedalen, Sweden.
Contributed by Anders Jakobsen.
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Cottage in coastal Porsgrunn, Norway.
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RIP Jack English, who built this cabin in the Ventana Wilderness, California.
Jack passed away on March 3, 2016, surrounded by his family.
We first wrote about 94-year-old Jack in 2013 when Grace Jackson shared her beautiful film. Not long after, we began working on the Cabin Porn book. When we sat down to figure out what our book could, should, and needed to be, the conversations always returned to Jack. His story, his family, his cabin, and his legacy set the tone and bar for our entire book, and will forever inspire.
Our story about Jack begins:
In September 1976, Jack and Mary English were hunting with their 14 year-old son Dennis in the woods behind Big Sur, California. A 375-square-mile section of national forest with rugged peaks, hidden valleys, and hot springs, the Ventana Wilderness is home to California’s largest population of mountain lion, and abundant wild hogs, turkeys and deer. While Jack and Dennis were off tracking a deer, Mary happened upon a small group of 20-something hikers who were holding a map and looking around curiously. They said they’d read a classified ad in the local newspaper: Someone was auctioning off a 5-acre plot somewhere in the middle of this national forest in a place called Pine Valley. The hikers had found the right spot. Later, after they’d left, when Jack and Dennis returned, Mary relayed the news. “Somebody is gonna get this land,” she said, “It’s gonna be us.”
Read the whole story and see more images…
Photo by Noah Kalina.
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A-Frame Sleeper in Blaguško, Slovenia.
Contributed by Celia Viudes.
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Fossicker’s Hut is an off-grid, one-room cabin on the banks of the Wakamarina River in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Contributed by Liz Henderson, photo by Justin Muir. See more photos.
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A-Frame on Lofoten Island, Laupstad, Norway.
Contibuted by Vrankenne Christophe.