Tour this bright little floating home on a river in Portland, Oregon! It has a big deck surrounding it on two sides, and when you walk in through the bright yellow door, it's surprising how spacious ...

Houseboats can be found around the world, floating along rivers or in harbors. Traditional houseboats have been used for centuries, combining work and home for communities. Some houseboat ...

After 20 years on the Columbia River in Oregon, a retired couple tested the drier environs of Southern California to be closer to their children. Here’s what they found. Dawn and Gary Banker loved ...

Life on water must be great, but admittedly, it's not for everyone – and not just because of the high costs it entails. For those not eager to move too far from terra firma, there's always the ...

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A woman couldn’t afford to buy a house, but fear naut — she made do with a floating home. Kate Fincham beat the housing market by purchasing a 550-square-foot, two-story home that’s built on steel ...

This contemporary houseboat-style condo is one of 14 floating in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. The sellers, Gemma and Russ Daggatt, moved into it in 2013, hired local firm Graham Baba Architects to ...

The disco-era Aqua Star floating house, which anchored the pricy Oregon Yacht Club moorage on the east side of the Willamette River long enough to be spoofed on the comedy cable show “Portlandia,” has ...

From a svelte residence that stays cool with the breeze, to a cutting-edge 3D-printed housing development, plus a prototype bamboo dwelling designed to handle flooding, our selection of the top 10 ...