The Man Who Built Fairy-Tale Houses: Earl Young and the Charlevoix Mushroom Houses
Original Air Date: June 2025 Episode Number: 463
Episode Summary
This 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…
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