In 2021, Sarah and Brandon Jones moved to a floating cabin on Lake Fontana in western North Carolina. Even after renovations, living on the water was cheaper than land.

Flanked by rolling mountains and lush green forest, Fontana Lake is an introvert’s paradise where the only distractions are chirping birds and waves lapping against the reservoir edge. It was ...

A bird standing on a dock next to a houseboat. Lily and Dylan Rose/Aboard Andante Lily Rose, 32, lives on a houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle with her husband Dylan.

Fontana Lake is located on the southern border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, according to the National Park Service. “The body was found by two people fishing at ...

Fontana Lake is located on the southern border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, according to the National Park Service. “The body was found by two people fishing at ...