Oaxaca: Revolution Meets Bargain Shopping
Famous for: riots, radish art, gourmet grasshoppers
Overview: Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s culturally richest and most economically fucked up states. Most Mexicans think of Oaxaca the way we think of Arkansas, but with high-quality handicrafts. Oaxaca’s capital city, redundantly named Oaxaca, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site owing to its cobblestone streets, Spanish baroque [...]
Winona – Keg Stands on Latsch Island
Overview – Winona is a little city carved out by the Mississippi River. It has 25,000 people, three colleges, two coffee shops, and enough bars and churches to kill a team of oxen. The bluffs and Mississippi draw people in from all over Minnesota to hike, hunt, fish and camp. The most recognizable bluff is [...]
St. Paul Molesting Vulcans
Overview – Saint Paul was founded in the 1820’s by one-eyed bootlegger Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant. Pig’s Eye distilled whiskey in a cave, sold it to soldiers, traded it to Indians, and eventually gambled away the entire take. During the 20’s, Victorian homes were built, Ice Palaces melted, and the Great Gatsby rose to glory [...]
Singapore Jail Time
Overview
The joke goes that Singapore is a fine city-meaning you’ll have to part with $500 if caught eating on public transport, $1000 for littering, and even $2000 for engaging in public speaking without a permit. But there’s more to this tiny island than just outrageous rules and regulations-only 26 miles long and 14 miles wide, [...]
Natalie Portman Envy in Syosset
Overview: I come from a town on Long Island’s north shore called Syosset. Known for Jewish American princesses, Natalie Portman envy and it’s not so secret gambling and coke addictions, Syosset is not only a great place to visit, it’s also a great place to live. When the kids in my high school class used [...]
LES Troll Museum by Appointment Only
Famous for: overcrowded tenements, immigrants, landlord negligence, giant rats, sweatshops, protests, synagogues, bars, drugs, pickles, knishes, salami, rapid gentrification, overflowing garbage and noise
Overview: The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in Manhattan. As the name suggests, it is on the lower east side of Manhattan. It is not at the bottom of Manhattan because then [...]