It’s our mission to feature inspirational adventures of all kinds, even those in your own backyard
Before you go anywhere, whether that be a vacation, sight-seeing tour, backpacking cross countries, volunteer mission, expedition or a full-fledged adventure, it’s useful to learn what an adventure is and how to set a theme to your travels. And you might need some inspiration. Below is a collection of all the inspiring adventures that we’ve featured for the last twenty years.
Adventure categories
- Scott’s Adventurers.
- Guest Adventurers.
- Backyard Adventures. Do it yourself.
- Submit Your Adventure. Share the inspiration.
Adventures by type
We’ve grouped a lot of categories together, like unicycle and bicycle, so if you are looking for a specific type of adventure or location, please do a search.
Bicycle Tourists (Bikepackers)
Boat
Budget
Charity
Ecotourism
Education
Extreme Adventure
Famous Explorers
Fly
Gap Year
Hiking and Backpacking
Horseback
Inner Journey
Mars
Motorized
Mountain Climb
Photographer
Physically Challenged
Road Trip
Senior Citizen
Solar-Powered
Solo
Space
The Arts
Tricycle
World Records
About our adventures
Before the era of blogs
When Scott’s first adventure-travel website, theArgonauts.com, came online in 1999, our vision was to give adventurers a forum to share their hopes and dreams and pass along the boon of their adventures, like new ideas and lessons learned. We were an online adventure magazine before the concept of a webzine, blog or guest post existed, and long before social media was created and made it easy to share content.
Another goal was to post the stories in real-time. At this time, we could see the Internet was going to revolutionize global communication, but the infrastructure and technology still weren’t in place. In fact, the only way many adventurers had to share their inspirational story was to email us and have us post their story online. Many people wanted us to automate these features, which would have essentially been one of the first blogging platforms. TheArgonauts.com was ahead of its time and unfortunately could never find the estimated $50-100,000 to create the features that companies like Facebook and WordPress now make so free and easy for everyone.
Below are a collection of stories that are from before the digital era of cell phones and social media. We’re really proud to have been on the cutting edge. We cared about every story.
Feature Explorers
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Travelogues
Before social media existed or mobile devices became commonplace, The Argonauts gave dozens of people a chance to share their story as it was happening. Here are some of our favorite adventures.
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And a few more classic journeys types.
The following are miscellaneous travelogues. These were email updates before the era of digital devices and social media that we posted so the world could follow along with the journey in real-time. They are perhaps not very interesting in retrospect; however, they represent some classic solutions to an alternative lifestyle of living on the road.
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Photo Pictorials:
About the photographs
In the beginning, our website showcased hundreds of Feature Photos by travelers on the road with no ability to share their pictures with the world. However, now with the advent of social media, travelers can easily share their own photos without us. So, we don’t post single pics or blurbs anymore; but, we still have an audience that loves an inspirational story with lots of photographs. So please share your guest post. Below are a couple of our favorite oldies. Please note: back in the 1990’s resolution was really limited, so that people could download the website on their dial-up phone modems, and everyone was still using film.
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Famous Explorers:
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Miscellaneous Stories
Everything is an adventure if you have eyes filled with wonder.
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