Earl Young, a self-taught builder, brought fairytales to life starting in the 1920s in Charlevoix, a resort town in Northern Michigan, by constructing three-dozen homes, known as “mushroom houses” or ...

Midwestern small towns can look a lot alike, but experienced travelers know there’s always something that makes each stand out. In Michigan, Charlevoix's magnificent setting between the shore of Lake ...

The Mushroom House may be running out of time. A fairy-tale oddity among the traditional mansions of Highland Park, the home at 4200 Armstrong Parkway has been a source of fascination, frustration and ...

Whenever Alex Boylan went sailing on Medicine Lake in Plymouth, an unusual house caught his eye. It was clad in stone and stucco, with a turret and a distinctive Cotswold-style roof that gave it a ...