TAOS, NEW MEXICO—Ecotourism isn’t always as green as it claims to be. The trend has become so popular that many hoteliers are charging more buck for less bang. It can be hard to find the forest for the trees.

But the real deal can still be found. At the Greater World Community in New Mexico, you can actually find a forest inside the kitchen of a luxurious rental home.

Earthship Phoenix

Jonah Reynolds takes the Star on a tour of a 3 bedroom earthship in Taos, New Mexico. The earthship can be rented nightly and allows guests to experience and understand what it is like to be in an off-grid home.

Homes with Big Surprises

The specialty features of luxury homes are pretty commonplace: wine cellar, home gym, swimming pool and perhaps an equestrian stable. Yet for some of the most exclusive addresses, there are distinctive features that set them apart from the rest.

TopTenRealEstateDeals.com reached out to its network of real estate professionals throughout the country to find some of the most compelling homes on the market listed for upwards of a million dollars — in many of the following cases, far north of a million.

8 videos. Total length: 1 hour, 16 minutes. [chat transcript] [on iTunes]

Michael Reynolds, inventor of the Earthship Concept sits down 'with the world' live, over the internet at the Phoenix Earthship. Entirely powered by the sun and the wind, the Earthship Webinar' is broken down into 8 parts and covered all aspects of Earthship Biotecture.