BY: JESSICA BEUKER With over 1.3 billion people, China is the most populous country in the world. While most places are incredibly dense, there are a few areas that remain uninhabited. Xuenshanshe Village in the province of Gansu is one…
Life without Borders
This field is home to thousands of mysterious and eerie figures, but no one knows why
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Driving down Highway 5 in Suomussalmi, Finland you’ll come across a field where thousands of people appear to be standing still. But this motionless army is not a group of people at all, but thousands of scarecrow…
You can live in a tiny castle with the most picturesque views for only $89,000
BY: JESSICA BEUKER In recent years, the tiny house movement has taken off as many people look towards downsizing material items in order to live fuller, less-cluttered, meaningful lives. Still, there are those of us who dream of living in…
This company will lead you on expeditions of the world’s last undiscovered places
BY: CAROLINE ROLF As a commander for the British military, Tom Bodkin spent his years of service training for jungle warfare in Brunei and cliff hanging off the Zagros Mountains in Iran. He started the company with Lev Wood in…
To escape the boredom, this man went on a six-year, 60,000 kilometre cycle around the world.
By: JACK M. Six years ago, Mike Boles woke up to yet one more day in the slow lane. He was bored, and he was in a rut. “I had a job I really didn’t like very much; I…
Damn right, I’ve Got The Post-Vacation Blues
BY: Taylor On A Trip On the road I feel like a better version of myself, a freer version. Things happen when you take yourself outside of your comfort zone in only a way that travel can give you. Every time…
Hawaii will pay you $50,000 to work in paradise
BY: CAROLINE ROLF It’s easy to tell why Hawaii is considered one of America’s happiest states. It boasts sun, sand and surfing. Recently however, a fierce competition has broke out across the islands. Competition, that is, for teachers. There is…
This Aussie is building a fleet of repurposed buses to give the homeless a place to sleep
BY: JACK M. Simon Rowe knows what it’s like to be homeless, because he’s been there. Evicted from his apartment in Melbourne 23 years ago, Rowe was homeless, and for four months his old car was his castle. So…
This is what life on the road looks like through the eyes of the most well travelled dog
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Photographs by: Hunter Lawrence Exploring all the beauty the world has to offer is a wonderful thing, but it’s even better with a buddy. Lucky for Hunter Lawrence, his best friend is always ready to accompany him – whether…
Miami is more than some collagen-lips, condominiums and copious amounts of drug clichés
BY: EDITORS In the 1970s while the rest of the country was rattled by The Great Inflation, unemployment rising into the double digits, the city of Miami was just beginning its rise to neon-decadence fuelled by an emerging underground economy…
Meet the olympic snowboarder/ Nitro Circus rider who train-hops and hitchhikes across America
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram In 2012, Trevor Jacob—an American Olympic snowboarder and Nitro Circus Rider—cut up his credit cards, ID, packed a small bag of essentials and walked to the nearest highway. Jacob hitched rides at first,…
Proof that Iceland is the ultimate destination for the adventure-seeking
BY: KRISTEN BLANTON October 30, 2014 – November 14, 2014 We fly into Iceland, just for fifteen days. The sky painted black by the season. I’m never ready. Not for the bounty, or beauty or the mind’s eye and disaster…
This epic video perfectly captures the illuminating spirit of the open road
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Photo and video by: Guillaume Beaudoin Every day, people get up, grab their backpack and go out to travel the world. Not only do they survive, they thrive. Travelling means visiting the places you’ve only seen in…
These millennials hacked the insanely expensive rental market by taking over a deserted hotel
By: JACK M. Home ownership for many people is fast becoming a dream that’ll probably never come true. With interest rates at all-time record lows, mortgage rates have also fallen to record lows. And low mortgage rates mean more…
Oakland artist is building tiny homes to fight homelessness.
BY: MARIYA GUZOVA Since 2014, the number of homeless people on the streets in America has dropped by about 40,000 people. This steady and incredible decline in homelessness stems from a new wave of thinking amongst the people who are…
This travel site will send you on a memorable weekend getaway to a surprise destination
BY: CAROLINE ROLF This travel agency is one-of-a-kind. The start-up eliminates the stress of planning a vacation by doing all the busy work for you – from booking the hotel to recommending tourist attractions to choosing the destination. The catch?…
A young couple quits the city life to start an off-grid homestead completely from scratch
BY: ALYSSA CRAFT What in the world would inspire two city dwellers to shun the city lifestyle for one so completely opposite that it would test their ultimate survival skills? Meet Jesse and Alyssa, who decided to leave behind everything…
This family lives in a sustainable and edible green-house home of the future
BY: ALEX BROWN A professor the University of Rotterdam’s Sustainable Building Technology program recently offered an opportunity to Netherland families to participate in a groundbreaking project that would span three years and completely uproot the participating family by relocating them…
This student built a yurt at the base of a mountain to save rent money and live the off-grid dream
BY: ALEX BROWN For $150 a month, recent undergrad Michael Jeffery claims one corner of a horse paddock at the foot of British Columbia’s Mount Paul in Kamloops, rented out by a local farmer for his yurt. As a student of…
There is a bouldering dreamland hidden in the mountains of Alabama
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Hidden in the depths of the Southern U.S. lies a rocky wonderland. This wonderland exists in Alabama, a place that I considered to be fairly mysterious. The only thing I knew about it before February of this…