The Man Who Built Fairy-Tale Houses: Earl Young and the Charlevoix Mushroom Houses

Podcast: Repcolite Home Improvement Show · Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM (WOOD-AM)

Opublikowano: 2026-06-11

Original Air Date: June 2025 Episode Number: 463Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan tells the story of Earl Young -- a self-taught architect from Charlevoix, Michigan who never finished his degree, never drew a blueprint, and never really cared what the architecture establishment thought of him. What he left behind are some of the most unusual homes in the Midwest: curved stone walls, swooping roofs, fireplaces that feel like the center of the universe, and boulders he spent decades hauling out of Lake Michigan. Dan covers the full story -- where Young came from, how he worked, and what...