Every Road Has a Story
Road trips, detours, and the places that stayed with us. We write about where we went, what we found, and what it felt like to be there — from California back roads to medieval Spanish cities.
California
Into Echo Canyon: A Rough Ride Through Death Valley
A rough off-road trail, dragon-scale rocks, a century-old gold mine, and silence so big it has its own weight — our drive into Echo Canyon in Death Valley was one we won't forget.
Spain
A Few Days Around Madrid and Several Centuries of History
Madrid was the destination. Everything else just happened — windmills, a museum that ruins all other museums, medieval Toledo, a monastery built by a king who preferred austerity, and a Roman aqueduct that makes modern construction feel slightly embarrassing.
Spain
Across Andalusia: Palaces, Cathedrals, and White Villages
A road trip through Andalusia became a journey across entirely different worlds — Gibraltar’s cliffs, Córdoba’s endless arches, Ronda’s dramatic gorge, Granada’s dreamlike Alhambra, and Seville glowing late into the night. Days blurred into palaces, cathedrals, mountain roads, and far too many photographs beneath the southern Spanish sun.
Netherlands
Amsterdam Doesn't Warn You
Amsterdam doesn't announce itself. It waits for bicycles to nearly kill you, then slowly reveals 700-year-old courtyards, paintings that make grown adults forget to leave, and a city that hides entire worlds behind doors you almost didn't open.
United Kingdom
England Was Never Going to Fit Into Ten Days
I made a list. That was my first mistake. "Ten days in London" turned into castles, wartime bunkers, fairy tale villages, and a rental Mercedes racing through the English countryside in pursuit of a tour bus. England, it turns out, rewards ambition.
Canada
3 Days in Victoria, Canada — Britain's Outpost on the Pacific
It started with a magazine. Three hours later we had flights booked. Here is what three days in British Columbia's most British city actually looks like — seaplanes, totem poles, and tea at the Empress.
Arizona
Too Hot to Do Anything. Perfect Time for a Museum
It was 7 a.m. and already 95°F. The creosote bushes weren't moving. Neither was Alex. We went to a museum — and ended up twelve thousand years in the past. Inside the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache were waiting.
Hawaii
Ten Days in Paradise: Arriving on Kauai, Hawaii
The plane door opened, and warm air rushed in. Sweet, heavy, alive with something blooming I couldn't name. Wild chickens crossed the road as they owned it. Waves knocked me sideways at sunrise. Kauai doesn't ease you in. It just takes you.
Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina
A Road Trip Along the Adriatic — Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy
Ljubljana greeted us with a thunderstorm. The plan was Montenegro — a few days by the sea, some old towns, some good wine. But routes expand. This one refused to stay small.
Michigan
The Fort at the Edge of Two Lakes
In 1763, the Ojibwe invited the British garrison to watch a lacrosse game. They left their weapons inside. The gates stayed open. It did not end well for the British.
Michigan
Mackinac Island, Michigan: A Step Back in Time
No cars. No engines. Just hoofbeats on cobblestone, the smell of fudge on the wind, and an island that has been quietly ignoring the modern world since 1898. We came for a day. We stayed in 1890.
Israel
The Road North: Galilee, Masada, Caesarea, Acre, Jaffa, and the End of the World
Leaving Jerusalem is hard. You keep thinking of things you didn't do. Then the road north opens up — Galilee, Masada, Jaffa, Armageddon — and Israel gives you an entirely different kind of overwhelming.