Off-the-grid living

Wanna get away from it all? If that's a life goal of yours, the best place to do it is in Missouri according to off-the-grid experts in a brand new ranking.

It might be one of the best kept secrets in Missouri, but it appears the word is starting to get out. This tiny Missouri place was just named the best off-the-grid town in America and the people that said that are not wrong.

There's a community of homesteaders that live practically in our backyard in northeast Missouri that many have never heard of. I think that's kind of the idea since they are an off-the-grid community. However, there's a new video that tells the story of how they live this unique lifestyle in a community in northeast Missouri.

When you think about it, it does make a lot of sense. However, I've never thought of Nauvoo, Illinois as an off-the-grid kind of place. Perhaps I should as a national site just declared it the best off-the-grid places in America.

A Missouri man tells the story of how he quit his job in St. Louis and moved off-the-grid to be totally self-sufficient with his wife. He explains the pros and cons and how he eventually made it happen and what he learned in the process.

More and more people are making the decision to become self-sufficient. One family shared video of how and why they decided to create an off-the-grid homestead in Missouri in a school bus.

Some people daydream about doing what this couple did. They gave up their corporate jobs, built an off-the-grid home and have lived a pioneer life for the past 12 years in Missouri.

Do you like the idea of getting away from it all without really getting away from it all? There is a Missouri Airbnb that is off-the-grid, but does have a lot of amenities including a truly old-school water wheel.

This Missouri family of 9 has done something I can imagine would be difficult for a family of 2. They live off-the-grid and shared details of how and why they chose this kind of life and how it's worked out.