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A husband and wife from Waynesville have rescued dilapidated log cabins, brought them to their property and beautifully restored them.

SPEND IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. AND THAT IS WHERE WE FIND THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER. >>> HERE IN HAYWOOD COUNTY IS A PROPERTY KNOWN FOR LOG CABINS AND THE LOG CABINS TELL A STORY. ABOUT HISTORY, BEAUTY, AND LIFE. >> THEY HAVE CHARM ABOUT THEM. >> Reporter: THEY ARE HERE TO RESTORE THE CABINS. >> DAN BOYD FOUND IT, MOVED IT, AND FIXED IT. >> WE KEPT FINDING MORE. >> Reporter: 200 YEARS OLD AND ONCE FORGOTTEN. >> HEAR THIS CABIN STOOD AND I JUST ABOUT FAINTED. THIS IS VIRGIN TIMBER THAT IS NON-EXISTENT. BEAR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS OLD. >> Reporter: AND NOW THIS CABIN HAS A NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME. WELCOME TO BOYD MOUNTAIN LOG CABIN. COZY, EVERY CABIN HAS THE STORY. >> THEY ARE ALL TWO STORY CABINS. AND ALL MOVED TO THIS PROPERTY ON BOYD FARM ROAD. >> PEOPLE BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND VACATION HERE. SCENE WE HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THEY BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 50 YEARS. SCENE THIS WAS A HOME THAT WE BUILT IN 1972. >>> WE AUDRA MOORE LOG CABINS ONTO IT. >> Reporter: THE WORK THAT WENT INTO RESTORING THE CABIN. THE PROCESS OF MOVING EACH CABIN. >>> WE HAD THEM NUMBERED AND WE WOULD PUT IT BACK UP. >> Reporter: WHAT THEY GET TO DO IS ENJOY THE SCENERY, THE COLOR, THE FLOWERS, THE MOUNTAINS, THE CABINS, THE BEAUTIFUL LOG CABINS.

Tar Heel Traveler: Boyd Log Cabins

WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason heads to Catawba County to speak with the creator of Hart's Square. 

>>> IT'S HAILED AS A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES AND THIS SATURDAY IT'S APTOTE PUBLIC. THE MAN WHO CREATED IT ALL RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, BUT NOT BEFORE OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER INTERVIEWED HIM. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE STORY. >> Reporter: HERE IS HART'S SQUARE, AND BOB HART HAS PRESERVED THE PAST MORE THAN 100 TIMES OVER. >> WE HAVE ABOUT 200 ACRES, 101 STRUCTURES. >> Reporter: EACH STRUCTURE IS ORIGINAL. >> HOW LONG HAD IT BEEN ABANDONED? >> 50 YEARS, BUT THE ROOF WAS STILL GOOD. >> Reporter: THE PHILLIPS CABIN, FROM 1850. THE CABINS ARE ALL FROM NEIGHBORING AREAS. BOB FOUND THEM ROTTING IN THE WOODS. >> WHEN DID YOU START ALL THIS? >> 40 YEARS AGO. >> Reporter: HE STARTED WITH ONE CABIN AND MOVED IT TO HIS AREA AND WORKED ON IT. THIS LED TO ONE AFTER ANOTHER. THEN HE FOUND A BIG ONE OF A KIND. >> HAND CARVED SAND STONES. >> DID YOU HAVE TO DISMANTLE THE CHIMNEY AND PUT IT BACK TO BE THE AGAIN? >> I DID. I'LL BE 80 MY NEXT BIRTHDAY. I'M BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO LIFE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. >> Reporter: HE'S DR. BOB HART, LONG TIME FAMILY PRACTITIONER. >> HAVE YOU SAVED MANY LIVES? >> YEAH, I HAVE. I HAVE. >> Reporter: AND HE'S ALSO A PILOT. >> THIS IS THE ORIGINAL. >> Reporter: BOB STUFFS HIS CABINS WITH ORIGINAL MATERIALS, THE WAGON WHEEL SHOP. >> EVERYTHING IN HERE WAS IN THAT SHOP. >> Reporter: EVERY SHOP, EVERY CABIN HAS A STORY. >> SO YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH OUT HERE EVERY DAY? >> YEAH, ABOUT TEN HOURS A DAY. >> Reporter: BUT HE HAS GOOD FRIENDS. THAT'S BB. AND THAT'S A 100-YEAR-OLD ORGAN THAT BOB BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AGAIN TOO. >> JUST GIVES ME A STRONG FEELING OF PRESERVING THE HISTORY. >> AND HE FOUNDED HART'S SQUARE AND PASSED AWAY IN MARCH. THE FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, THEIR 35th YEAR.

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Shawn James spent eight months building his log cabin using mostly hand tools due to the remote location.

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Tar Heel Traveler: Boyd Log Cabins

Visit the most comprehensive collection of early American structures and antiques

Snag a cozy cabin of your own

Man builds log cabin by hand