Travel Stories

The actual trips, in order

Longer-form stories from the road — what the itineraries don't have room for. Each post pairs with its most-viewed TikTok from that trip.

2026 · Aberdeen, Washington

The house nobody lines up for

We went looking for Kurt Cobain's story and found it two hours from where everyone else stops — a quiet street, a modest house, and a river with his ashes in it.

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2026 · Vermont

We drove past the leaf-peeping overlook for a doodle farm

Every fall Vermont photo looks the same. Ours has a very good dog in it instead.

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2025 · Connecticut

Finding the real Stars Hollow

It's not on the tourist map for a reason — here's what it actually took to get there.

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2024 · Maine

The lighthouse town past the lighthouse town

Everyone stops at the first one. The second, twenty minutes further, had one other car in the lot.

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