Whether they're used to compensate for harsh natural conditions or to see above the neighbors, stilts can take a house to the next level. Stilts have been used for centuries to protect homes from bad ...

A house on stilts is definitely an eyebrow raiser and might get you wondering the reason behind such a design. Here's what it ...

The famous House on Stilts, which housed many A-list celebrities, is officially on the market. Some of Hollywood's biggest names lived in this home nestled in the Hollywood Hills, only 10 minutes away ...

A couple of years ago, NPR's Robert Siegel had a 5-year-old kid moment. He was in the new wing of a hospital watching a workman put up drywall and, as drywall installers are wont to do, the workman ...

Dated between 5,900 to 5,800 BC, a village found in Lake Ohrid may be the oldest European lake village ever discovered. The village’s settlements were built on stilts, protecting homes from changing ...

Researchers found the remains of stilts and tens of thousands of wooden spikes. Nikolas Linke, University of Bern, EXPLO Project Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 8,000-year-old ...

Perhaps the biggest feat is how they managed to get the idea past health and safety. Canny gardeners have come up with a time-saving method of cutting back one of the world’s biggest hedge mazes – ...

2 of 6 — An illustration, circa 1800, shows men in Landes, France, walking on stilts to protect their feet from the marshy ground. 3 of 6 — A stilt walker works in the hop fields of Wateringbury, ...