Hundreds of Minnesota families lived in corrugated steel sheds called Quonset huts after World War II — an economical but temporary solution to the era's housing crisis. The "ugly but necessary" ...

A residential blaze in Saticoy Saturday drew a large firefighter response as crews upgraded the incident to a second-alarm fire. The incident was reported shortly before 11:15 a.m. in the 11100 block ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marie Saldivar’s experimental metal-clad dwelling is the perfect place to host family—and proof of concept for her new prefab ...

Reader question: Why are there two military Quonset huts in the middle of Green Bay? Answer: "A pop can lying on its side" is one of the ways the November/December 2019 issue of Humanities from the ...

Jim Cook said his family home in Makaha was a Quonset hut. Their Model A Ford pickup was parked in front. From 1941 to 1945 the U.S. military mass-produced more than 150,000 of the shelters, making ...

A World War II-era hangar and two prefabricated steel structures — known as Quonset huts — are one step closer to being ...

Quonset Hut, which opened in Canton as a hippie shop in the 1960s and became a popular record store, has been put up for sale. Quonset Hut recently celebrated its 55th anniversary with a special event ...