#travel (48) — Unique

You've walked past it a hundred times

Bundle You've walked past it a hundred times Five things whose whole argument is that the interesting part was already in front of you.

The room is the exhibit

Bundle The room is the exhibit Four rooms where the interior is the reason to turn up, and the contents are secondary.

Rooms furnished by an obsession

Bundle Rooms furnished by an obsession Three interiors that read as one person's collection, kept where you can walk through it.

Worth stopping the car for

Bundle Worth stopping the car for Two detours built to make you pull over, and one map for planning the rest of them.

Somebody marked the spot

Bundle Somebody marked the spot A pin, a stone, a row of cedars and a stretch of dead canal: five places where the marker is modest and the reason is not.

Places on a longer clock

Bundle Places on a longer clock Four places that keep time in centuries and continents, not hours.

Not built to be visited

Bundle Not built to be visited A workplace, a hill, and a home. None of them was built for you.

The week's catch — July 5–12

Bundle The week's catch — July 5–12 The week's shortlist that hadn't yet found a home — gathered up before any of it slipped out of sight.

More than the outside admits

Bundle More than the outside admits Three places where the setting gives no hint of the spectacle waiting inside — a fortress-plain church, a Tennessee park, a Nebraska museum.

Small mercies for the trip

Bundle Small mercies for the trip Four bits of gear that each delete one specific misery of getting there — the language, the seat, the trackpad, the gap.

Places built around one idea

Bundle Places built around one idea A frozen bar, an anarchist gallery, a hotel room turned artwork, a building shaped like a basket — six places that committed to one idea completely.

The week's catch — June 28–July 5

Bundle The week's catch — June 28–July 5 The week's shortlist that hadn't yet found a home — swept up before any of it slipped out of sight.

Valchoose Disposable Barf Bags

Valchoose Disposable Barf Bags Hospital-grade 1000mL vomit bags with a rigid plastic ring that holds itself open

Six American detours

Bundle Six American detours Roadside kitsch, public land, and one 45-ton concrete vault — six American detours, none over $15.

A small atlas

Bundle A small atlas Eight places worth pointing to, each on a single specific note.

The geography is the program

Bundle The geography is the program Four places where the geography does the work.

Pocket carry

Bundle Pocket carry Five things small enough to live in a jacket pocket and useful enough to earn the slot.

Travel as a kind of attention

Bundle Travel as a kind of attention Five things at the seam between travel and noticing.

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