BY: BRITTANY ROSEN Captain Liz Clark lifted anchor on her boat in 2006, and has been independently sailing around the world ever since, with no plan to stop anytime soon. Armed with an in-depth education in sailing, and a lifetime at…
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This man built a gorgeous tiny home in Thailand in just 6 weeks with only $9,000 (Photos)
BY; ROB HOFFMAN Steve Areen is proud owner of one of the cheapest, and most interesting instant mini homes on the planet. Areen was inspired by a friend named Hajjar Gibran, who in 2011, built a series of dome houses…
How this Indian official took a 24-year paid vacation
BY: TED BARNABY We’ve all played hooky: skipping out of school or work under the banner of illness, while secretly (and truthfully) prescribing to the occasionally necessary reasoning of “I just felt like it.” However, no soul on Earth can…
This ex-business man moved to the wilderness at 29, and lived without money for years
BY: TED BARNABY Mark Boyle is one of the only men on earth who can claim an entirely money-free life—at least for a few years. Boyle’s moneyless journey began in 2008, spending the next two years living completely self-sustainably. He…
Fire surfing is the most dangerous sport you have never heard of
BY: ZOE MELNYK As if surfing wasn’t challenging enough before, these dare devils decided to add fire into the mix—sort of. Professional surfers Bruce Irons and Sam McIntosh were the first to try this new fad of fire surfing on…
If you have always wanted to be a mermaid, there’s a school for that
BY: BRITTANY ROSEN Introducing Merfest: a mermaid convention that lets you live out your childhood fantasy without raising too many eyebrows. Located in Cary, North Carolina, over 300 of these real-life mermaids meet up three times a week at the…
Why Roller Derby is the Official Sport of Feminism (Interview)
BY: LAURA ROJAS Roller derbying has been around since about the 1930s, although not in the same modern, empowering context. In the early 2000s, a women’s derby team started up in Austin, Texas called the Texas Rollergirls. Now, according to…
This hermit survived for 27 years in the woods by stealing canned goods from nearby homes
BY: TED BARNABY For 27 years, canned food, propane tanks and odd clothing articles had been disappearing from the houses of the quiet town of North Pond in Central Maine. Rebellious teenagers were the first suspect, and a few of…
My first time at a male strip club
BY: BRIAN CAPITAO The ideal male form takes us back to ancient Greece when the highest compliment one could receive was being compared to a sculpture. Today, we compare men with impeccable bodies to the supposed Greek god—the proverbial Adonis…
Nature’s most beautiful skating rink is also dangerously flammable (Photos)
BY: SINEAD MULHERN The glassy ice surfaces of Banff National Park’s small lakes are a vision. Peer down at the solid dark mass stretched out in front of you and take in a scene that may look like hundreds of…
This 21-year-old pro baseball player is a millionaire who lives out of a VW camper van
BY: ZOE MELNYK After receiving a $2 million signing bonus with the Toronto Blue Jays, Daniel Norris decided to hit the road with his new dream car—a 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia camper van—which incidentally, is also his new dream home. 21-year-old…
“Wild” might inspire a flock of thru-hikers that could ruin trail hiking for everyone
BY: GLEB VELIKANOV Many consider Bill Bryson’s 1998 classic “A Walk In The Woods”, along with Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 best-selling memoir “Wild” to be powerful stimuli. Upon reading either book, they consider completing, or thru-hiking the entire length of the…
This group of Vancouver adults pay $750 per month to live in a five million-dollar dream home
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Maybe there was once a time when living alone was the dream. You get free range of the house. Clean the kitchen and it stays clean. Feel like making dinner at 10 p.m.? No problem. Wear your…
This NYC designer quit his job and built the world’s most epic treehouse (Photos)
In 2011, Foster Huntington left his job and life as a designer for Ralph Lauren in NYC to move into a VW Synchro camper van, and travel around the States. Huntington has since driven 100,000 miles, camping, surfing and hiking…
This 26-year-old snuck into over 50 major music festivals and made a movie about it (Video)
By: Daniel Korn It’s that time of year where the excitement for the summer’s music festivals has started to mount, and with it the disappointing realization that life might keep you from seeing all the bands you want to see.…
Would you risk your life to see these urban sights? (Photos)
With the upsurge of high-rise skyscrapers and the decrease of public space, Urban Explorers have made a playground out of their man-made concrete environment. Whether venturing through abandoned factories, transit tunnels, cranes, or storm drains they have realized that discovery…
This unregulated California commune is widely known as “the last free place in America” (Photos)
BY: TED BARNABY Welcome to Slab City, widely known as “the last free place in America.” The entrance is marked by a small hill caked with eccentric acrylic paint, promising love and preaching faith, all in bright pink letters. This…
22-year-old Hunter S. Thompson tells you the meaning of life
When Hunter S. Thompson was 22 years old, he was contacted by a friend looking for advice on the meaning of life. His response was bizarrely profound, especially for his age, packing the punch of a heavyweight philosopher or seasoned-author.…
This family lives on a floating fortress of greenhouses in the middle of the ocean
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In Clayoquot Sound, BC, tucked away in the coastal inlets of Cypress Bay, and about a half-hour by boat off the coast of Tofino, live Catherine King and Wayne Adams—the owners and operators of Freedom Cove. Freedom Cove…
How to put your bedroom on wheels and travel the continent. (PHOTOS)
Imagine your life became one permanent adventure; one where you were free to travel to remote locations undeterred by a lack of accommodations or the need to make next month’s rent. You don’t need tens of thousands of dollars to…