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Hitching a ride with Hell’s Angels & Friends

On a Friday afternoon, when the clock is ticking slower than you’ve ever seen it tick before (you’re absolutely sure of it), and all you want to do it burst out of the office and begin the weekend, there’s something about the idea of leaving behind all the week’s woes by riding away on a rad set of wheels with…

Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 8)

I haven’t done one of these for a while and I think it’s about time we got the series going again. Not much to it, just me having a bit of fun curating the sassiest old school pictures I can find on net or from my inbox of pictures you’ve kindly sent in of your sassy…

My Tin Can Tourism Club

I had my first tin can tourism experience this summer and ironically, I found it endlessly glamorous! You can read all about my experience here. Personally, I think tin can tourism needs a comeback in a big way. After all, once upon a time, it was considered a pretty cool way to spend your vacation– wasn’t it?! No?…

The Rock and Roll Club of the Desert Vagabonds

We leave Salvation Mountain behind us, dazed and dazzled. But there is more to discover in this most curious corner of the California desert… Past the lonely shoe tree standing at the side of a dirt road… Slab City awaits us. But this is no city, at least not as we know it. There are no…

The Woman who is the Mayor, Bartender, Librarian and Sole Resident of her Town

Deep in Nebraska, there’s a one-woman town called Monowi, the only officially incorporated municipality in the United States with a population of just one. Upon approaching Monowi, a green road sign stands at the town limits, proudly displaying its number of resident(s). Meet Elsie Eiler, who you can usually find busying herself in the town’s bar. When…

Waiting for the End of the World: Fallout Shelter Tourism

Most people travel the world to visit various natural wonders, take a tour of the famous monuments or go in search of authentic cuisine. Richard Ross goes in search of bomb shelters. Armed with his camera, Ross took a five-year journey into the underground world, documenting not only the bomb shelters of the United States, but also…

For Sale! The Three-Eyed Car of Tomorrow that Never Was

It could have been as iconic as the Mustang, as popular as the Cadillac but only 51 Tuckers were ever made before the factory suddenly closed its doors forever in 1948. The Tucker 48 was the American dream of a small entrepreneur who believed he could go up against the automobile giants at a time when the…

Meet NYC’s Youngest Truffle Dealer

If you’re a self-diagnosed foodie and haven’t yet discovered Munchies, VICE network’s new gastronomic corner of the net, you’re missing out. One of their latest reports follows NYC’s youngest truffle dealer Ian Purkayastha, known for selling the good stuff– wink wink. No really though, it turns out that peddling truffles in New York City is almost as cut…

The Town that went Underground

In the remote South Australian desert, temperatures reach 125 °F / 51 °C – in the shade. Can you imagine the air conditioning bills? Neither could the residents of Coober Pedy, the world’s only underground town. Coober Pedy’s Chimneys / (c) Nicholas James Coober Pedy is a small mining town with a population of just under 2,000,…

Meet the Vinyl Collectors

Some of the most interesting people I know also happen to be vinyl collectors. Maybe it’s because they spend so much time in record shops digging through the past, but they always have such great stories to tell. And when I’m invited over, I secretly enjoy observing them handle their collection; so carefully, so contently,…

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