Fellow Prospectors Dismissed His Octagon Shelter, Until It Trapped 63°F of Warmth While Theirs Froze

They Called His Sod Fortress a Grave... Until It Sheltered 70 People From the Schoolhouse Blizzard

He Bricked Up His Own Fireplace — Until One Handful of Wood Heated His Cabin for Two Days

His Neighbors Called His Underground Coal Pit a Death Trap — Until His Family Stayed Warm Winter

She Was Pregnant And Bleeding After Being Kicked, The Cowboy Carried Her Gentle Through The Storm

Thrown Out at 18, He Bought a Log Cabin for $5 — They Were Shocked What It Became

Local Folks Dismissed When He Crafted His Cabin With Extended Eaves — Until It Held 26° Warmer

Abandoned by Children — Elderly Couple Turned a Ruined Mountain Cabin Into a Paradise

Wagon Train Settlers Dismissed His Teepee-Roofed Shelter, Until an Avalanche Destroyed Their Camps

Everyone Called His Sideways Chimney Insane — Until It Captured Twice the Heat From the Same Fire

"How One German Woman POW's 'GENIUS' Potato Trick Saved 2 Iowa Farms From Total Crop Failure"

Her Cabin Had No Firewood — Until Neighbors Found Her Underground Shed Keeping Logs Dry All Winter

Mining Partners Dismissed His Star-Shaped Lodge, Until It Endured –71°F as Their Shelters Collapsed

THROWN OUT AT -20°F — A MOTHER & SON BUILT A HAVEN INSIDE A FORGOTTEN RAILCAR

Neighbors Laughed When He Built a Second Roof Over His Cabin — Until It Saved Him During Blizzard.

How a Swiss Immigrant’s Alpine Chalet Technique Saved the Only Cabin in the Great Freeze of 1899

Neighbors Laughed at His Cabin Design… Until Winter Couldn’t Freeze Him

Railroad Workers Scoffed When He Built a Sod Igloo, Until a Tornado Leveled Their Barracks

Fellow Trappers Mocked His Pyramid Shelter, Until It Survived –63°F While Their Cabins Froze

Logging Partners Dismissed His Hexagonal Cabin, Until It Survived –52°F While Theirs Splintered

Thrown Out Before Winter, She Built a Cave Home — and a Deadly Blizzard Proved Her Right