This nature phenomenon is an otherworldly forest of stone with a unique history

BY: AISHA ILYAD Mother nature is strange; it is always ready to amaze us. For thousands of years nature has carved stone pieces in order to turn them into impressive sculptures, which look like people, animals, monsters and mythical creatures. “The…

This company has become the ‘Netflix of dreams’ by creating a headband that lets you control them (video)

BY: JESSICA BEUKER Have you ever wanted to know what it feels like to fly? Maybe you secretly want to tell off your boss in a heated moment of catharsis, or finally make out with your celebrity crush? For many,…

Powerful photo series depicts the crimes that women face in every corner of the world

BY: KRUPA JOSEPH All photos by: Bhargavi Joshi For over 13 years, Indian-Canadian Bhargavi Joshi has been trying to tell stories about the things that she cares about through her photography. Photographs helps cut across languages and culture, allowing her…

The Grey School of Wizardry is the real-life Hogwarts of your childhood dreams

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  If you were the type of child who checked the mail daily, or waited patiently by the front door, only to subsequently be disappointed by the tragic realization that your Hogwarts letter might never actually arrive –…

The world’s most friendly (and powerful) passports

BY: TONY BUCHNON If you had the choice of any passport you liked, which would you choose? As it turns out, your passport says more than you might realise about your level of access to the world. European countries tend…

The Gold and the Golpe: The hectic nature of hosting the Olympics while impeaching your president

BY: ADAM THRUSH August 2016 will go down as one of the most memorable in Brazilian history. South America’s first ever Olympics were hosted in Rio de Janeiro and, on the last day of the month, their president was impeached…

How using Tinder while travelling completely revolutionized my epic backpacking adventure

BY: ADAM THRUSH This year, I decided to make Tinder my travel buddy while I backpack solo across Mexico, Central, and South America. Testing the hypothesis that, together, two great things – tinder and traveling – can create something even…

Millennials have all the right conditions to keep exploring the universe

BY: PAOLO JOVENTINO I will always remember my first battle with existential crisis. In grade seven, I developed what I believed to be anxiety, and once I began to ask the real questions, I discovered it was. What I first…

6,000 Colombians divided by war, are standing together naked to pose for peace

Sponsored BY: JESSICA BEUKER For the first time in over 50 years, Colombians from all sides of the conflict have put their differences aside to come together in the hope of a better future. On June 5, 2016, artist Spencer…

New program offers travellers free accommodation in exchange for teaching hosts their language

BY: JESSICA BEUKER With more than 7,000 different languages spoken worldwide, the human population is extremely fragmented. Communication is essential to not only understanding one another, but also to minimize conflict and maximize empathy and kindness among the global population.…

What it’s like to grow up as a Third-Culture-Kid in Saudi Arabia

  It was Orientation Week at Virginia Tech, and a pivotal moment. It was not only my induction into the world of university, but also my re-integration into life “stateside.” My group’s (stereotypically obnoxious) “Orientation Leader” instructed us to sit…

How I turned a short-term volunteer trip into a full-fledged life abroad 

BY: ELSA THOMASMA Life as I knew it changed forever when I stepped foot in the Philippines for the very first time. My eyes were opened, my senses invigorated, and my mind introduced to a country, people, and culture that I never could…

Cat-loving couple quits comfortable jobs to sail the world with their cat as first mate (Photos)

BY: JESSICA BEUKER Matt and Jessica Johnson were living the American Dream—go to school, get married, buy a house, start a career. The only thing they were missing were the 2 kids expected for an average nuclear family. That all…

How to quit your job and live on the beach for $650 a month

BY: TED BARNABY In a tough economy, retirement has become a major issue among the aging population, many facing the question of whether they’ll even be able to settle down at all. However, a long forgotten solution to the North…

This man quit his job, restored a boat and sailed around the world (VIDEO)

Filmmaker Kevin A. Fraser captures the incredible life of David Welsford—a young man from Nova Scotia who gave up his possessions and the conventional ways of life to sail around the world in pursuit of happiness, adventure and simple beauty.…