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Jake

Technology journalist, father, old guy with a basketball, avid reader, "experience collector" (as my shrink once put it), appreciator of the offbeat (the naturally offbeat, not the "I'm so offbeat" offbeat), and enthusiastic traveler.

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Places edited in Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey

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Trips Highlight

NEW —Wild South Africa

Delhi and Rajasthan: Colors of India

Upcoming Experiences

Accidental Discoveries

Monster of the Month w/ Colin Dickey: The "Mutes"

Rites of Spring: Nature, Myth, and Legends

Monster of the Month w/ Colin Dickey: Arctic Ghosts

Accidental Discoveries

Upcoming Courses

A Brief History of Scent With Saskia Wilson-Brown

Clowning for Novices: History and Practice With Rose Carver

Designing Immersive Gatherings With Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects

Introduction to Birding With Annie Novak

Writing Cultural Mythologies & Urban Legends With Colin Dickey

Latest Places

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sculpture

Guanyin Cave

Magdalen College Gargoyles

Shamrock Blarney Stone

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Latest Places to Eat & Drink

Space Age Lodge and Restaurant

Jean Trogneux

Futaba Cake Building

Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar

Debauve & Gallais

Most Recent Stories

The Child-Eating Bloodsucker of Aboriginal Australian Nightmares

How the World’s Largest Octopus Went From Cryptid to Protected

Rabbits Are Creatures of the Underworld According to Ancient Fears

Meet the Creatures and Creators Behind Bali’s Parade for Banishing Evil Spirits

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