Between Exits

Got 48 hours to spare? Hit up Big Bear! (Summer Edition)

Got 48 hours to spare? Hit up Big Bear! (Summer...

If you’re craving a little mountain air, Big Bear is always a good idea. Quick drive, pretty scenery, good food/beer, and cabin vibes.

Got 48 hours to spare? Hit up Big Bear! (Summer...

If you’re craving a little mountain air, Big Bear is always a good idea. Quick drive, pretty scenery, good food/beer, and cabin vibes.

The Anza-Borrego Desert - Worth the Sweat (Weekend Guide)

The Anza-Borrego Desert - Worth the Sweat (Week...

Even with a busted AC, Anza-Borrego is worth every sweaty mile. California’s largest state park is only 90 minutes from San Diego (2 hours from LA) and packs in hiking,...

The Anza-Borrego Desert - Worth the Sweat (Week...

Even with a busted AC, Anza-Borrego is worth every sweaty mile. California’s largest state park is only 90 minutes from San Diego (2 hours from LA) and packs in hiking,...

Galleta Meadows: The Metal Sculptures of Borrego Springs

Galleta Meadows: The Metal Sculptures of Borreg...

Right next to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is Borrego Springs, basically an open-air gallery where landowner Dennis Avery and artist Ricardo Breceda scattered 130+ massive bronze sculptures across the desert....

Galleta Meadows: The Metal Sculptures of Borreg...

Right next to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is Borrego Springs, basically an open-air gallery where landowner Dennis Avery and artist Ricardo Breceda scattered 130+ massive bronze sculptures across the desert....

Detroit Style Pizza is the Best Pizza - Change my mind

Detroit Style Pizza is the Best Pizza - Change ...

It’s cheesy, crunchy, and basically a fluffy pizza cloud: Detroit-style pizza. Baked in a deep pan with caramelized Wisconsin brick cheese and sauce on top, it’s crispy outside, airy inside—and...

Detroit Style Pizza is the Best Pizza - Change ...

It’s cheesy, crunchy, and basically a fluffy pizza cloud: Detroit-style pizza. Baked in a deep pan with caramelized Wisconsin brick cheese and sauce on top, it’s crispy outside, airy inside—and...

World's Largest Paper Cup (Riverside, CA)

World's Largest Paper Cup (Riverside, CA)

Tucked into an oddly quiet business park off I-215 in Riverside, California, the World’s Largest Paper Cup is a 68.1-foot concrete roadside attraction with almost no signage or context. Here’s...

World's Largest Paper Cup (Riverside, CA)

Tucked into an oddly quiet business park off I-215 in Riverside, California, the World’s Largest Paper Cup is a 68.1-foot concrete roadside attraction with almost no signage or context. Here’s...

Jolly Pumpkin - A Brewery with a Haunted Past

Jolly Pumpkin - A Brewery with a Haunted Past

Forget campfire ghost stories, this haunting comes with artisan pizza and craft beer. The tale begins with lumber baron J.W. Stickney and his wife Genevieve, whose tragic end in an...

Jolly Pumpkin - A Brewery with a Haunted Past

Forget campfire ghost stories, this haunting comes with artisan pizza and craft beer. The tale begins with lumber baron J.W. Stickney and his wife Genevieve, whose tragic end in an...

Autumn trees line a mountain lake with rugged peaks rising in the background, Eastern Sierra.

Finding Gold in the Eastern Sierra - A Fall Gui...

San Diego doesn’t exactly deliver on fall colors, so this Michigan transplant heads North to the Eastern Sierra mountains in search of crisp air, golden leaves, and all the cozy...

Finding Gold in the Eastern Sierra - A Fall Gui...

San Diego doesn’t exactly deliver on fall colors, so this Michigan transplant heads North to the Eastern Sierra mountains in search of crisp air, golden leaves, and all the cozy...

12 Hours in the Salton Sea

12 Hours in the Salton Sea

A day trip through the bizarre, beautiful, and smelly Salton Sea. From banana museums to the lowest dive bar in the West, this is a road trip full of art,...

12 Hours in the Salton Sea

A day trip through the bizarre, beautiful, and smelly Salton Sea. From banana museums to the lowest dive bar in the West, this is a road trip full of art,...

Chillin' in Randsburg, CA - A living Ghost Town

Who is The Roadside Tourist?

You’re probably thinking, “Great, another travel photographer", but this is not your average travel blog, promise!

Who is The Roadside Tourist?

You’re probably thinking, “Great, another travel photographer", but this is not your average travel blog, promise!