ADVENTURE EM GOES PUBLIC!

I've recently started writing about my adventures for Atlas Obscura! (I'm a big contributor in Cedar, MI; Milwaukee, WI; and London, England!) Check out all the fun places I've been and "pin" exploration sites to save them for later.

FEATURED LOCATION
Damen Silos / Santa Fe Grain Elevator

I just recently made my first visit to the Damen Silos on the south bank of the Chicago River. It's my new favorite place to explore! I was so intrigued that I wrote this super-long history of the place and compiled one of the more detailed blog posts on this site. Check it out for yourself if you're in the area. 

HOW WILL YOU GET YOUR SHOES DIRTY?

#whiteconverseproject
In 2015, I got a pair of white converse for Christmas. I hated them. 

It wasn't for the right reasons either. I thought white converse were basic. I wanted to be unique, and I wanted to be adventurous. But it was from these shoes that this entire website was born. 

I went to the Missile Launch site one time and took the photo shown below. I liked it so much that I started taking them everywhere, and I pushed myself to bring my shoes to as many places as I could that I wasn't supposed to be. Sometimes I brought friends, sometimes friends brought me. I was determined to turn them black by the end of the summer, before I went to college. Ask my how my shoes look now. I dare you. All I'm saying is that I don't call them my "white converse" anymore - no one would believe me.