Beginning in the late 1940s, the white picket fence became synonymous with the American Dream. Lambert / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In little Taylor, Mississippi, outside Oxford, a developer ...

With their strong lines and solid structure, fences are just begging to be planted with vines and other climbing plants.

Nevada is imposing a ban on all "useless grass," meaning the American dream of a manicured lawn and white-picket fence could become a thing of the past. More from True Cost The Southwest is ...