A man wants to build an off-grid timber frame cabin on his family's 100-acre property in upstate New York. His dream of living off the grid before winter hits is threatened when the locally sourced wood will not dry fast enough.

A couple faces torrential downpours, earthquakes and dangerous volcanic activity while building an off-grid home within the edge of an active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.

A couple faces sun, snow and a few slip-ups as they race to finish a modern, off-grid lodge overlooking Wisconsin's south shores of Lake Superior.

An eco-friendly couple plans to build a timber frame, straw-bale cabin in a heavily wooded forest of Maine. But an early winter with single-digit temperatures threatens to end the dream before it even starts.

A nature-loving architect plans to build a one-of-a-kind modern cabin deep in the California Redwoods that will rival the jaw-dropping views of nearby Big Sur!

The Dutton Brothers face a tight deadline while building a high-end, off-grid vacation home in the center of their family's 2,000-acre cattle ranch in Ohio.