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[From the Archives] Why Don’t Anthropologists Study Adventure?

Gone Travl'n

[From the Archives] The Role of the Anthropologist in the 21st Century

Memento Mori: A Venture into Death, Travel, Tattoos, and Recalibrating Worldviews

Those Who Wander Open Debate #3

Do We Know Who We Are?: The Significance of Anthropology

[From the Archives] Our Ancient Narrative

The Problem of Short-Cut Learning: Why Extensive Travel and Life-Long Reading Should be Cultivated More in Society

Those Who Wander Open Debate #2

What Ancient DNA Reveals About the Deep Past of Human Wandering

To Plan or Not to Plan: How Much Should One Prepare for a Visit to Another Country When We Value Spontaneity?

The Purgatory of Modern Travel: When is Travel Not Worth It?

Those Who Wander Open Debate #1

The Prospective Traveler: Encouraging Others to Wander

The Wanderer’s Insatiable Appetite: Why Do I Always Want More Out of My Travels?

Applying the Adventurous Mindset: Room Travel with a French Aristocrat

Gone Travl'n

On Not Being a Naive Tourist

The Hope of Travel and All We Say About It

Motives of Those Who Wander Revisited: Expanding on Why

Celebrating One Year of Those Who Wander on Substack!

On Youth and Longing to Escape Modernity

No More Blank Spaces on the Map: Is Adventure Writing Dying?

Writing for An Eternal Public: On Substackophilia, Overcoming Self-Doubt, and Playing the Long Game as an Aspiring Author

Why Travel and Adventure are Existential Concerns

Travel, Adventure, and the Culture of Hospitality: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail on the Generosity of Humanity

Hunter-Gatherers and Human Resilience: An Homage to the OG Wanderers and the Problem of Assessing “Progress”

Gone Travl'n

The Subtle Ways Travel Changes Our Habits: A Brief Reminiscence on Italy from the Perspective of a Coffee Snob

On Pilgrimage and Travel: Where Does Our Venturesome Spirit Come From?

What’s the Status of Your Passport?: A PSA and 3 Easy Steps to Getting Your Passport as a U.S. Citizen

Wandering and Mindfulness: On the Right to Slow Down

Alleviating Youth Uncertainty with a “Year of Wandering”: How Do We Implement the Gap Year in the United States?

Mesa Verde and the Power of a Place: An Archaeologist Dwells On Human Memory and the Meaning of Our Past

Ancient Travel Routes: The Silk Road and Its Untold Adventures

Dare to Venture Down Unknown Paths

The Road Too Often Taken: A Return to the Ethics of Wandering

Voyaging with Darwin: How Much Does Wandering Inspire Our Big Ideas?

On Leaving and Returning: The Peculiarities of Traveling

How Travel and Adventure Factor into an Equation of the Good Life

Where Seldom is Heard a Discouraging Word: Nick Offerman’s Latest Thoughts on Nature...and Politics

Gone Travl'n

The Enigmatic Homo erectus: The First Transcontinental Wanderer

The Epic of Gilgamesh: The World’s First Grand Tale of Adventure

What Does Travel and Adventure Offer Us?

A Brief Journey Into the Underworld of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Quest to Revive the World’s First Epic Poem

What Does the Future of Travel and Adventure Look Like?