PORT RICHEY, Fla. – What started with disaster is nearing delight. The Lake family stilt home is almost completed. “The wives have been so supportive of this whole deal,” Greg Lake said. “They’ve been ...

PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Patty Deremer was one of the first people to see a piece of Pasco County history burning away to ash. “We just sat here and had a few beers and watched it burn,” she said from the ...

Beachfront homes that offer instant access to white sand and a crystal-clear ocean are a rare find—but even rarer is a dwelling that sits directly atop that beachfront, mere feet away from the water.

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. -- A stilt home in the Gulf of Mexico catches fire after a lightning strike. It happened at around 7:50 p.m. at a stilt home located in the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Cotee ...

BINGA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anyone driving through Binga, in western Zimbabwe, is greeted by a vision of the past dotted along the tarred road: thatched homes built on stilts, two ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A fire raced through a neighborhood in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus early on Tuesday, engulfing at least 600 wooden houses built on stilts due to seasonal floods and ...

Beachfront homes that offer instant access to white sand and a crystal-clear ocean are a rare find—but even rarer is a dwelling that sits directly atop that beachfront, mere feet away from the water.