image credit Just 23 miles (37 km) west of Austin, Texas, there’s a hidden swimming hole. Well it was hidden prior to the ’60s, before automobiles became available to the common man, after...
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Show dirt who’s boss by getting behind the wheel of a Caterpillar D5G Track-Type Bulldozer or Caterpillar 3I5CL Hydraulic Excavator at the Dig This heavy equipment playground. Located just outside the strip in Las Vegas,...
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Dating advice is generally outside the scope of TheAdvenTourist, but we will make an exception this one time, so listen up fellas. Chicks dig superheroes. They also love kids. The Hero Run offers you...
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image credit Welcome to the Flooded Meadow at Tyrol, Austria – a place that exists presumably, just so you can finally take advantage of that impulse-buy underwater camera of yours. Normally a park...
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Want to try skydiving but are afraid of parachute failure? Simple, go skydiving without a parachute! Note: unless you’re after a Darwin Award, this advice applies to indoor skydiving only, like at the...
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image credit Sure, those infographics that put the planet sizes in perspective are great, but have you ever wanted to get even better acquainted with our solar system? If you have, you’ll be...
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In general roller-coasters are pretty tame. They may go really fast, have massive drops, and rack up g-forces in crazy loops, but despite all those pluses, they unfortunately also have great safety features....
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image credit Hiking or going for a scenic drive is just too mainstream, which presumably is why the masterminds behind the 37 km Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Japan’s Northern Alps opted to...
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It’s somewhat sad to say, but in what is probably the most normal trend to come out of Japan in recent history, a French Restaurant in Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward is now serving dirt as a main...
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image credit Every July, the residents of Key West, Florida open their doors to welcome dozens of bearded souls vying for Ernest Hemingway look-alike honors.Every July, Sloppy Joe’s, a local bar frequented by...
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image credit Want to see what the adrenaline-junkie-mountain-climbers see when they conquer some extremely dangerous rockface? Then you must check out the glass skywalk at the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the China’s Hunan Province....
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image credit What better way to relax than by having something usually reserved for a FearFactor challenge or your childhood nightmares give you a massage? At least that’s the attitude behind the snake...
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image credit Maybe bears got it right? Lunch tastes best when cool water massages your feet. At least we believe that salmon-eating bears were the inspiration behind this waterfall restaurant (aka river restaurant)...
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If jumping off of bridges and cliffs is getting repetitive, may we suggest cooling towers? Orlando Towers Ltd offers all sorts of adrenaline-packed activities at the site of a former power plant located just...
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You can expect a country with a name that literally means “Low Country” to have a little height-envy. It’s probably to overcompensate for its low-lying nature that Netherlands erected the world’s tallest climbing wall, naming...
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The Clink78 hostel in London, England is one of the few establishments in the world that will let you pay £50 to enjoy the same privileges that convicts get for free. The hostel’s 200-year-old prison...
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There are some drawbacks to being civilized. The biggest one is that going ape-shit is a big no-no. But, there are time when all you want, nay, need to do, is destroy some stuff in...
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All work and no play got you down? Stop living in the matrix, man! Reevaluate the meaning of your life with the Peyote Spirit Walk. On your Spirit Walk you will trek out...
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The Hakone Kowakien Yunessun Hot Springs Amusement Park & Spa Resort, located at the base of Mount Fuji, is one of the only places outside your Uncle’s bathtub where you can fully immerse yourself...
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It seems people in Japan love to engineer all the weird fictional stuff they see in United States’ cartoons, shows, movies and games. It was clearly N64′s Goldeneye that inspired the G-Cans Project,...
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Where did India’s 1.2 billion population disappear to? Must be CGI. While Armstrong is cycling shoulder to shoulder with a dozen bikers, you can be exploring India’s diverse terrain and jungle on your...
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