Surfing California's Secret Breaks The location of the most sublime wilderness surf break on California's Lost Coast is classified information. Catch a glimpse of the secret beaches. View the photos
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How to Build an Island Dream House With $15,000, 12,000 screws, and one blessing from a local chieftess, Alex Sheshunoff and Sarah Kalish built a dream house on oceanfront property in Palau.
Raising the truss with some borrowed ladders and volunteer help. The central post, left, is made from a local ironwood tree that had fallen down. The wood was so dense that cutting it to length mangled two chain saw blades. —Alex Sheshunoff
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