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Building Wild - Episode Guide

Season 1

Dirty Dozen Deer Lodge

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 19, 2014

Dirty Dozen Deer Lodge

With the help of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Paul DiMeo, National Geographic goes off the map to help dreamers build the most amazing─and remote-wilderness retreats in America's last frontiers.

Movable Beast

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: May 12, 2014

Movable Beast

Paulie and Tuffy help two outdoorsmen build an ultimate military-inspired "man camp" where friends can come and share survival and orienteering skills. With little time and money to spend, they convert a vintage military truck into a mobile cabin.

Spinning Cabin

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2014

Spinning Cabin

John is a big-city Italian who is more familiar with a stove than a hammer. He has always dreamed of a cabin in the woods, and has the land for it, but he wants a sunset view while his wife wants the sunrise. Tuffy has an absurdly brilliant solution.

License to Mill

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2014

License to Mill

The guys arrive at the vast property of retired equine vet, Reggie Tschorn, where they think they'll have an easy build for a change. But, when the project is nearly halted from lack of promised labor, Paulie has choice words for the stubborn client.

Log Jam

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 26, 2014

Log Jam

The Cabin Kings help a pair of father-and-son loggers build the cabin of their dreams using only materials found on their remote property.

Backwoods Bus

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2014

Backwoods Bus

Jeremy wants to cross owning a cabin off of his bucket list-enter the Cabin Kings. One issue, Jeremy's not quite fated to be a handyman, especially when he shows up shoeless. With a last minute request, the Kings get thrifty with and old school bus.

Tuff Enough

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 5, 2014

Tuff Enough

Paulie and Tuffy arrive on client Jason's property with a shipping container and a plan; Jason will rally his friends to help Paulie and Tuffy.

Double Decker Cabin

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2014

Double Decker Cabin

Tim Fauler, a self-described redneck podiatrist, wants to turn a piece of swampy hunting land into a two-story sportsman's paradise; however, his 30 acres of rough, mucky terrain will be tough for the Cabin Kings to tackle.

Float My Cabin

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2014

Float My Cabin

The Cabin Kings tackle their wettest and wildest challenge yet: Woodcocks's wetland property. Even worse, they can only access the build site by canoe. The guys think fast in order to transport materials, and keep their plans from sinking.

Top of the World

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jul 7, 2014

Top of the World

This ain't no bunny slope: The Cabin Kings build the ultimate snowboarder's paradise at the top of a steep private ski slope for a father and son party duo. If they can pull this off, the Kings will have the crown jewel to add to their portfolio.

Season 2

Tailgating Paradise

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2015

Tailgating Paradise

The Cabin Kings are tackling their biggest-ever cabin build for a master of tailgating and larger-than-life football fan; at 1350 sq ft, perched atop a treacherous mountain with a lightening storm on the way and only a week to get it done, the Cabin Kings may not be able to make it into the end zone.

Waterfall Cabin

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2015

Waterfall Cabin

Building a mountaintop cabin over a waterfall proves to be a struggle; taking advantage of an incredible view of the Hudson River Valley; repurposing materials from the client's sign business.

Floating Getaway

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2015

Floating Getaway

The fourth and fifth generations of the Kiely family to use their land want a floating cabin for fishing in warm weather and an ice fishing shelter in winter.

Marble Getaway

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2015

Marble Getaway

It's the Cabin Kings' heaviest build ever! Tuffy and Paulie must build a cabin deep in an abandoned marble quarry, using the enormous marble slabs that have been resting there for a century. With several tons of marble to wrangle in only 7 days, the Cabin Kings are facing an unparalleled engineering challenge that will leave them wishing they charged by the pound.

Hilltop Hangar

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2015

Hilltop Hangar

Possibly the team's most complex job to date; building a four-season aviation-themed cabin on a towering hilltop for a professional pilot.

Treehouse Cabin

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2015

Treehouse Cabin

The Cabin Kings race against the clock to deliver the ultimate treehouse cabin to their recently engaged client in time for his upcoming bachelor party. The twist? This treetop man cave must be able to convert in minutes to the perfect wilderness getaway for his new bride.

Maple Syrup Motor Club

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2015

Maple Syrup Motor Club

The Cabin Kings must get creative and figure out a way to combine functioning syrup making machinery and old motorcycle parts into a cabin that doubles as a maple syrup business (aka Sugar Shack) and a year-round biker hangout or the entire project could crash and burn.

Brewhouse Cabin

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2015

Brewhouse Cabin

A lifelong dairy farmer and his microbrewing son want the Cabin Kings to build them a Brewery Cabin on the family farm where they can make their own beer. But when Paulie and Tuffy discover they must build a backwoods brewery using repurposed items like an 800 gallon milk tank, a dilapidated corn crib, a broken-down table saw, and some repurposed skylights, they start to wonder if this build will end up being a recipe for disaster.

Collector's Cabin

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2015

Collector's Cabin

A father and son who are professional auctioneers and avid collectors have barns filled with collectibles and want to incorporate as many of them as possible into a cabin while maximizing space to keep it clutter-free.

Demolition Derby Cabin

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2015

Demolition Derby Cabin

A demolition derby-loving family man hires the Cabin Kings to create the perfect car enthusiast's getaway. Complete with a "convertible" bedroom that can move inside and outside, and perched at the top of a brutal mountain road, this build will force the Cabin Kings to race around the clock to get it all done, or crash and burn trying.

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