Did you know that Terlingua, TX does not have building codes?

I looked into building an earthship in my area and was shot down pretty fast. But also, I wonder if Terlingua and other places in the US don't have codes for the same reason some countries don't have them- corruption. The recent disaster along the border of Turkey & Syria is the dark side of no building standards.

The Redfin listing has a couple photos that aren't on the Zillow one.