Every state has at least one corner that doesn't fit its own stereotype. Texas has its piney woods that look nothing like the cattle-and-cactus image most people carry around. Kansas…
I've always loved the places that don't match their zip code. You expect a certain landscape based on a state's reputation, and then you turn a corner, and the scenery…
I've always thought the best sunsets need room to breathe. A sunset squeezed between buildings or filtered through a thicket of trees is still pretty, but it's not the same…
The first time I saw a real waterfall in Oklahoma, I couldn’t believe it. Most people picture flat plains and red dirt when they think of this state, not a…
I've always believed the best views in life require you to earn them a little. Anything handed to you too easily rarely sticks in your memory the same way. The…
I have a soft spot for unfinished things. Not the kind of unfinished that means neglected or abandoned, but the kind that means still becoming. A garden mid-bloom. A house…
I've never been the kind of traveler who needs a destination to announce itself with fireworks. Some of my favorite places are the ones that take a little convincing —…
My idea of a perfect road trip detour has always involved something underground. There's a version of me that, given the choice between a roadside diner and a sign reading…
I've always been drawn to places that feel like they belong somewhere else entirely. Deserts that glow white under a punishing sun. Landscapes so quiet and so vast that you…