One of my favorite web tools is StumbleUpon , which allows me to randomly discover sites that suit my interests. Traveling is one of my listed interests, of course, so it was no accident that I literally "stumbled upon" the free online book "How to See the World: European Backpacking on $25 a Day or...

About 110 years ago an Englishman named Ewart Grogan made the journey across Africa from south to north. He was the first person to do so, and it took him two years. In Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure , author Julian Smith recounts some of Grogan’s story, following much...

In his blog, The Art of Nonconformity , Chris Guillebeau often writes about his trips around the world and the travel hacks he's learned along the way. Most of his ideas, both about travel and life, are unconventional and worth looking into. Whether he's staying in his hometown or traveling around Southeast Asia, he always...