Adventures in the arts

These are adventures whose theme is to pursue an artistic theme or endeavor. Art may not sound like a classic adventure, but we believe the arts pursue one of the great mysteries — what it means to be human. These artistic adventures include: the fine arts, books, dance, poetry, music, theater, filmmaking and more.

adventures before social media

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 adventures in real-time — as they were happening!
Dolly Sods Wilderness panorama. Flowing boulders in the foreground followed by rows of pine trees, mountains and clouds.

Old friends never die

A heart-warming story about how our true friends never leave us even when they take that last great adventure into the sky.
A DVD of the Bollywood movie “Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne."

My Bollywood debut as a backup dancer

My debut video as a backup dancer in a Bollywood blockbuster movie. This is the catchy song "Mohabbat Hai Mirchi" from the movie "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne."
Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park

Exploring Yellowstone, hiking Glacier, and the unexpected in-between

Before the word "blog" even existed, Mark Loftin was an adventurer and contributor to our website. 17 years later, I'm glad to see he hasn't lost his adventurous spirit. In this post, Mark discovers an unexpected theme to his journey.
A beautiful button and copper wire sculpture of a penny farthing bicycle. Photographed on on top of a lime in a tree..

Bicycle buttons

As a bicyclist and a very creative person, I wanted to add something to my travels and created the velobotones — small bikes made of wire and colorful buttons.
Spirit of Adventure bicycle greeting cards. A Huffy bicycle full of baskets of flowers.

Spirit of Adventure bicycle greeting cards

The following was contributed by Frosty Wooldridge. It is one of his "Spirit of Adventure" bicycle greeting cards.
Sunset over the Hungry Cyclist lodge and pool in Burgundy, France.

The Hungry Cyclist

Here's a guy that combines two of my loves of life—bicycling and eating. I expect he's got some great recipes for grasshoppers somewhere in here :)
Tibet pictorial Loren Brown 08

Tibet photo pictorial

The following photographs were taken during five long and treacherous days driving from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet.
Griffin-headed capital, Parsa (Persepolis).

Iran photo pictorial

Kaveh makes two memorable trips to Iran and spends much of his time taking pictures.
Pyramid of Kukulcan

Yucatán peninsula pictorial

The Yucatán Peninsula is more than a vacation destination. Discover the remains of one of the greatest cultures on Earth — the Mayans. It is a land rich in culture and interest and pyramids that rival Egypt.
Pictorial Cheryl Friedman 09 hotdog man

The Faces of Everyday Life

In this pictorial, Cheryl wanted to acknowledge the people that normally get taken for granted.