Camelot Uncovered: Did King Arthur and his Knights Exist? We Went to Wales to Find Out
We came to Wales in search of the man behind King Arthur, but we found so much more: friendship, childhood memories, mystery, and many layers of the past.
In The Land of Ayni (Part 1): The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
In the Peruvian Andes, explorer Jeff Fuchs treks across high-altitude valleys, guided by a force that defines mountain life: reciprocity.
Public Baths and the Art of Nudity: How I Learned to Be in the Buff
Just because you don’t like getting naked with strangers doesn’t mean you’re uptight—especially if you’re female. Then again, embracing the practice in places where it’s common is an opportunity for self-acceptance
Up a Pico Island Peak: Trekking for the View from the Top
To see the mountain every day instills the question:
what does down here look like from way up there?
They Call it Gitchigami: a Mother-Son Kayaking Trip on Lake Superior
Story by Liza Finlay, photos by Naomi Finlay
The ribbon of road wends its way north, bobbing and dipping through wild thatches of forest that have been trimmed and tamed to make room for man. Swaths of norther...
My Top 10 Canadian Parks’ Bucket List: an Expat’s Unabashed View
Six months before leaving for Canada from Goa, India, I downloaded a picture of the North American night sky as seen from Alberta’s Lake Louise on my phone.
This was my motivation to do the necessary day-to-da...
Where Ecuador’s Waorani Call Home: Survivorman Les Stroud in the Amazon
Story by Les Stroud (Survivorman), Photos by Laura Bombier
My introduction to jungles came through classic Tarzan movies. Those films may have been black and white, but in my imagination, the jungle glowed in ...
Saguenay–Lac Saint Jean: Is This Quebec Kayaking at its Finest?
Story by Paul Auerbach, Photos by Sean French
The Saguenay Fjord was at a nasty, rolling boil, a chaotic mess of black and white and silver foam lacking any discernible pattern. Looking over my shoulder, I cou...
The Fossils of Fundy: Exploring the Ancient Coast of Nova Scotia
In Burncoat Head Park in the Bay of Fundy, it’s late afternoon in early June, the tide is out and I’m standing on the burnished beach. More specifically, I’m studying trees.
Story and Photos by Andrea Grant/Ou...
Africa’s Highest Peak: Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Most Anybody Can Do It!
By Simon Vaughan, Outpost Senior Editor
It's Africa's highest peak and one of the Seven Summits, but reaching the snows of Kilimanjaro doesn't necessitate being a world class mountaineer.
Some people coll...