If you are not sure that the micro-home lifestyle is for you, a stay of a few nights in one of the five tiny houses available at Mt. Hood Tiny House Village should convince you.Located less than an hour outside…
TODAY IS THE 152ND BIRTHDAY of Nellie Bly, one of the most badass travelers of all time. Bly is best known for traveling around the world in a mere 72 days back in 1889, but she did so many other…
Airfare deals are typically only available on limited dates. We recommend that you use Google Flights to find dates to fly, then book through an online travel agency, such as Orbitz, which allows you to cancel flights without penalty by…
At least 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic are currently in the oceans and about 8 million more tons of plastic are added to them every year.This massive plastic pollution of our oceans is responsible for the deaths of millions of…
ANYONE STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY SHOULD HAVE an internship as a bouncer. After two years doing concert security in Portland, I’ve seen nearly as broad a cross-section of humanity as I’ve seen traveling the world. Punks, indie-rockers, dead-heads, metal-heads and country kids…
Last month, Silvercar announced that it was expanding its service to two new markets — Brooklyn and Newark. And now with its 14 nationwide locations — and most likely more that are soon to come — there is even more…
What would happen if Mexicans celebrated the Fourth of July the way Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? FLAMA, an online channel created by Univision, released a hilarious short video that shows exactly what that would look like: A boozy, stereotype-laden…
STORIES OF OPIATE ADDICTION are very common in Maine news. With a population of just a little more than 1 million people statewide, it’s still shocking whenever an overdose is reported. Within the past decade, heroin and prescription opiate abuse…
NORTH CAROLINA’S SO-CALLED “BATHROOM LAW” has already had received a lot of backlash. The law was signed back in March after the city of Charlotte passed a city ordnance that would prevent local businesses from discriminating against people on the…
