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The Detour Effect

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The Detour Effect is an adventure travel blog about hiking around the world and designing alternative lifestyles that are conducive to spending as much time adventuring as possible. Whether that means living in your car and boondocking near the national parks, becoming a digital nomad and hopping from place to place via short term rentals, or doing work exchanges for free housing at parks, hostels, or ski resorts, I have lived it all. I believe in changing up your routines, and your entire life, as often as necessary in pursuit of what’s constant: a passion for hiking and travel, an unquenchable curiosity, and a refusal to grow stagnant.
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USS Constitution

Boston, Massachusetts

USS Constitution

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Old North Church

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Mrs Mallard and her entire brood.

Boston, Massachusetts

Make Way for Ducklings Statue

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Guadalupe Peak

Culberson County, Texas

Guadalupe Peak

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

Some Fall Color in McKittrick Canyon

Culberson County, Texas

McKittrick Canyon

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

The ruins of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon.

Nageezi, New Mexico

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Reached via a relatively easy mile hike, Balanced Rock is a perfect adventure for those with just a short time in the park.

Big Bend National Park, Texas

Balanced Rock

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

Meow Wolf Convergence Station

Denver, Colorado

Meow Wolf Convergence Station

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Linger Eatuaries

Denver, Colorado

Linger Eatuaries

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Waterfall with the gate open

Kirnitzschtal, Germany

Lichtenhain Waterfall

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

The Bastei

Lohmen, Germany

The Bastei

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Seven Sisters Cliffs

East Sussex, England

Seven Sisters Cliffs

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

The Long Man of Wilmington.

Wilmington, England

The Long Man of Wilmington

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

Quadrophenia Alley

Brighton, England

Quadrophenia Alley

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Anna's Museum.

Brighton, England

Anna's Museum

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

West Pier

Brighton, England

West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The Banqueting Room

Brighton, England

The Royal Pavilion

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Dark Hedges

Ballymoney, Northern Ireland

The Dark Hedges

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Dunluce Castle

Bushmills, Northern Ireland

Dunluce Castle

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Giant's Causeway

Bushmills, Northern Ireland

Giant’s Causeway

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Knowth tomb

Drogheda, Ireland

Knowth

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

Mound of Hostages

Meath, Ireland

Mound of the Hostages

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Newgrange

Dowth, Ireland

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

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