OffBeat Pathfinder Basecamp

Went for the festival—ended up at a ceilidh that nearly danced me out of my boots. Locals play a mean fiddle and pour whisky like it’s water. The mist rolling in over Port Ellen was magic—had to toast the island before heading back. Can’t wait to do it again.

Pulled into Mystic with the rain threatening and the air smelling like old wood and brine. The seaport museum? Yeah, it’s a time machine, and if you haven’t watched the shipwrights carve a spar or a little kid try to climb the rigging, you’re missin somethin.

Mystic Pizza is real (the movie’s ...

Not to flex but Florida has a Blue Spring too, except ours is filled with manatees and gator drama. Missouri’s version is chill in a different way—sat on a log, got inspired, wrote half a country song about sunlight on turquoise water then ate a soggy sandwich. Never found the caves but found peace ...

Did the Roswell ghost tour—halfway through, our guide swore a light in the sky blinked at him. Also, best breakfast burritos in the Southwest at the little food truck by the train tracks (alien-approved). Pro tip: check out the night sky just outside town. If you don’t spot a UFO, you’ll at least ...