by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Spring 2014
Jeff Lambert from Baltimore, Maryland, discovered the world of geocaching in 2001 when his wife gave him a GPS for his birthday. While mountain biking and fiddling with his new GPS in a state park, he came upon two people with GPS devices in their hands, scrambling...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Banner, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
Many tourists who fill the bustling streets of Paris do not realize that there is a twisting network of tunnels and caverns deep beneath their feet—and that it is lined with the bones of the dead. These tunnels and caverns are part of the eerie underground world of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
If you’re not quite ready for the warm weather to leave as fall creeps in, Undara Volcanic National Park in North Queensland is the perfect place to enjoy Australia’s springtime, avoid crowds, and see something others rarely see when they visit Australia. Take a...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2013 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Summer 2013
Among the larger-than-life statues of ancient gods—called the moai—runners from all over the world gather every June for the Easter Island Marathon. Many of these runners choose to come here because Easter Island is one of the grandest mysteries of Earth’s history....
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Winter 2013
Vacations are a time to sit back, relax, and take in a change of scenery and a breath of fresh air. Then again, you could rev up your quiet vacation by throwing into the mix a wild ride atop an exotic animal. More travelers these days prefer to get off the beaten path...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path, Winter 2013
As a third-generation Chinese American, Christina Seid didn’t eat Panda Express until she was 20. “Real Chinese people don’t really eat General Tso’s chicken,” she says. There was no Panda Express where her family settled in Chinatown, New York City. Seid grew up...
