The USA built itself around the car, which makes finding streets worth actually walking feel like discovering buried treasure.
Stories
America’s cities generally trend toward concrete and corporate gray, which makes these streets stand out like a neon sign in a library.
America’s town squares tell the story of how communities gather, celebrate, protest, and figure out how to coexist in shared public space.
While Rust Belt cities were losing half their populations, the Sun Belt was absolutely exploding. Air conditioning made deserts and swamps livable year-round.
Rental cars are expensive, stressful, and completely unnecessary at plenty of amazing destinations.
American cities grew explosively through the early 20th century, then something changed. Suburbs happened.
Packing up and moving abroad sounds very romantic until a language barrier turns a grocery run into an accidental purchase of pickled trotters.
Europe makes multi-country travel a breeze. Open borders across much of the continent mean you can hop between countries without tricky visas or long border waits.
Earth hides truly ridiculous scenery. It occasionally throws out the rulebook, opting to paint with neon colors or sculpt impossible geometry from solid rock.
Between the jostling elbows at famous landmarks, the endless cacophony of ringtones, and the terrifying prospect of making small talk in a hotel elevator, travel can sometimes feel like a contact sport.