Do you dream about hitting the trail for a long--really long--hike? In Ask a Thru-Hiker, record-setting long-distance hiker Liz "Snorkel" Thomas answers your burning questions about how to do it. Your ...

There are a few reasons why travelers don't hitchhike anymore. Compared to 50 years ago, cars and fuel are relatively cheap. Furthermore, public transportation options have increased to match the ...

Most summers since I was 17, I’ve gone hitchhiking. In California, at 19, I rode with a stuntman who estimated he’d sustained 50 concussions. A few years later, in Utah, a young man said God told him ...

When I was on the road, it was easy to forget that in the real world, people—especially young, Asian-Australian women—don’t hitchhike. It’s a foggy morning in the small town of Picton, New Zealand, ...