On the outside, the Idea Farm in Afton looks like a traditional white farmhouse with a red barn and horses grazing in the pasture. On the inside, the home has a geothermal heating and cooling system, ...

Three farmsteads on about 200 acres of land in Lower Heidelberg Township owned by the Army Corps of Engineers serve as a way of preserving the historic agrarian lifestyle disrupted by the creation of ...

The old farm house in Eagle Lake wasn’t that much different than others in the late 1950s. It didn’t have indoor plumbing and the overworked oil-burning furnace in the living room couldn’t keep the ...

OSLO, Minn. – For Don and Marilyn Mathsen, a plan to convert an old barn in rural Oslo into a venue for their youngest daughter’s wedding dance has turned into more. It led to a trio of construction ...

OSLO, Minn. — For Don and Marilyn Mathsen, a plan to convert an old barn in rural Oslo into a venue for their youngest daughter’s wedding dance has turned into more. Much more. It led to a trio of ...

DEAR ABBY: I need a second opinion. My grandfather sold me an old farmstead that has been in the family for 200 years. Last week, he showed me a wooded area behind the barn with a human skull. He told ...

UPDATE: Northfield Township leaders voted to start the process of designating the Groves Farm as a local historic district on Tuesday, March 26. Click here to read more coverage from MLive/The Ann ...

In one generation, an American institution has become obsolete. The small farm has disappeared to the point of extinction. We view those remaining as quaint but not practical – throwbacks to simpler ...

A family home evokes emotion—often, selling it can feel spiritually compromising. After his studies in Salzburg, Austria, and South Africa, Christian Haider faced this scenario with his parents’ ...