Taranaki · New Zealand · 2 MIN ·
Curtis Falls Track, Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki
From Ngāti Ruanui Stratford Mountain House, steps, ladders, stream crossings and a rough riverbed lead into the Manganui River gorge and to Curtis Falls.
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Grand Portage · USA · 2 MIN ·
Gichi Onigaming: The Grand Portage at Grand Portage National Monument
Follow a centuries-old carrying place from the reconstructed Depot on Lake Superior toward Fort Charlotte, through forest terrain shaped by ridges, valleys, and the Pigeon River.
The merchant ship Obra Dinn · 2 MIN ·
Return of the Obra Dinn: A Shipboard Mystery in the Investigation Book
Aboard the fictional Obra Dinn, an insurance investigator pieces together a vanished crew’s history through death scenes, a chronology, maps, sketches, and cautious deductions.
California · USA · 2 MIN ·
Yosemite’s Mist Trail: the footbridge, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall
Happy Isles, the Vernal footbridge, a granite stairway and the longer climb to Nevada Fall: choose the walk you actually mean to take.
The Nebula · 2 MIN ·
Heaven’s Vault: Nightingale, Lost Moons, and the Nebula’s Glyphs
Aliya Elasra and robot Six sail the Nightingale among lost moons, ruins, villages, and archaeological sites, where uncertain glyph readings can redirect the investigation.
Wellington/Kapiti · New Zealand · 2 MIN ·
McKerrow Track, Remutaka Forest Park
Climb Mt McKerrow from Wainuiomata or Catchpool Valley, passing changing forest and windthrow before choosing a descent toward Catchpool car park.
A fictional archipelago inspired by New Caledonia · 2 MIN ·
Tchia: A New Caledonia-Inspired Archipelago of Islands and Lagoons
Tchia’s fictional islands, reefs, shipwrecks, and coconut trees turn traversal into a set of changing choices, from climbing and sailing to borrowing an animal’s movement.
Washington · USA · 2 MIN ·
Inside the Hoh: three walks through Olympic’s temperate rainforest
Hall of Mosses, Spruce Nature and the Hoh River Trail offer three different ways into Olympic’s western rainforest.
Northland · New Zealand · 3 MIN ·
Te Paki Coastal Track, Spirits Bay to Te Paki Stream
This 48 km one-way coastal route shifts from Spirits Bay beaches and lagoon to ridge country, coastal cliffs and dunes before reaching Te Paki Stream; part of it is shared with Te Araroa.
Rocky Mountain · USA · 3 MIN ·
Winter Driving in Rocky Mountain National Park
Winter travel in Rocky Mountain National Park depends on changing road conditions: Trail Ridge Road closes to through traffic, while snow, elevation, and traction rules shape each drive.
Organ Pipe Cactus · USA · 3 MIN ·
North Puerto Blanco Loop, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Choose a passenger-car drive to Pinkley Peak or continue on the rocky one-way loop past Red Tanks, Dripping Springs, Golden Bell Mine, Bonita Well, Senita Basin, and Quitobaquito Springs.
Guilford Courthouse · USA · 3 MIN ·
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Tour Road by Bicycle
The one-way paved Tour Road loops through Guilford Courthouse’s battlefield landscape, pairing monuments and quiet forest views with steep inclines between Tour Stop 5 and Tour Stop 7.
Highlands · Iceland · 2 MIN ·
Landmannalaugar’s Laugahraun loop: rhyolite beyond the lava
A 4.8-kilometre circuit crosses Laugahraun’s dark lava beneath multicoloured rhyolite slopes, with the peak climbs kept separate.
The fictional Amazon survival setting · 2 MIN ·
Green Hell: Survival Systems in a Fictional Amazon
Green Hell frames Amazon exploration through Jake Higgins’s search for Mia, where resource gathering, body inspection, shelter building, and relationships with rainforest animals shape each decision.
Alcatraz Island · USA · 2 MIN ·
Birdwatching on Alcatraz Island
From the ferry dock through the Gardens, Parade Ground, and West Road, Alcatraz’s steep island routes pass distinct seabird colonies and seasonal nesting areas.
An ocean of islands and abandoned structures · 2 MIN ·
Raft: An Ocean of Islands and Abandoned Structures
Raft turns a small floating platform into a mobile base, linking drifting debris, island resources, underwater exploration, Trading Posts, and story locations such as Varuna Point and Temperance.
Tasmania · Australia · 2 MIN ·
Dove Lake: six kilometres beneath Cradle Mountain
A clockwise circuit passes the boat shed, open glacial shore and Ballroom Forest below Cradle Mountain.
Trail Of Tears · USA · 3 MIN ·
Hiking the Trail of Tears: Historic Routes Across Multiple States
From Unicoi Turnpike’s interpretive panels to Mantle Rock’s swales and the Brown’s Ferry crossing site at Moccasin Bend, these separate hikes reveal local portions of the Trail of Tears landscape.