by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 9, 2016 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Winter 2016
Fascinating and mysterious, abandoned settlements offer a glimpse at how people lived in the past. See how time similarly stands still in five haunting—and visitable—abandoned cities in a variety of countries. Kadykchan, Russia Kadykchan—located near the Avan-Yurvakh...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 17, 2015 | Fall 2015, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
Rain pours down the sides of the umbrella protecting my missionary companion and me. We huddle together, walking over to the tricycles parked at the side of the parking lot waiting for passengers. Each tricycle has a particular destination, and we want one headed to a...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Winter 2015
One January morning in 1952, Ernesto “Che” Guevara revved up his motorcycle and embarked on a sociopolitical journey into the Argentine countryside. Guevara was searching for an answer to a profound question: Where in this world does South America stand...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Winter 2015
cc Stop in Korea, Japan, Paris, London, Montreal, Malaysia, Spain, or Copenhagen for a cup of tea with cattitude. When you take off your shoes and step into the Hello Cat! cat café in Cheongju, Korea, you step into a feline lover’s paradise. Soft meows mingle with the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Oct 1, 2014 | Fall 2014, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
Despite being naturally found only in south-central China, pandas have endeared themselves to millions throughout the world—quite a feat for an endangered species that numbers only in the lower thousands. With so many things to see in China, many visitors overlook the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2014 | Off The Beaten Path, Summer 2014
What happens when the beautiful is abandoned? Sometimes it’s demolished, and sometimes it decays beyond recognition. But if we’re lucky, sometimes just enough of the beauty remains for us to see why we thought it was beautiful in the first place.While communities have...
