The Anti Tourist

Wandering in Komissar Wallander’s footsteps

There is a little town called Ystad in the very south of Sweden right on the Baltic sea. It is best known for its most prominent (and fictitious)...

San Jose, Costa Rica, from Above

Ah, Latin American cities: what’s not to love? Wide boulevards, awe-inspiring palaces, gorgeous old-world-new-world architecture…packs of stray...

Midwestern Microdistillery Magic – Middle West Spirits: Columbus, Ohio

Middle West Spirits, the name of the microdistillery brainchild of Brady Konya and Ryan Lang, is housed in a formerly nondescript city building with...

Cascade Drive-In Movie Theater: West Chicago, Illinois

I was in Chicago. I wanted to go to the movies. Passively–that’s how I wanted to go. I knew, somewhere in the back of my head, that...

Sunset in Marietta, Ohio

Appalachian culture is unique, unlike any other culture in the world. I grew up in the countryside within and around the Appalachians; it is...

The Yellow Deli People – Great Deli, Controversial Religious Practices: Chattonooga, Tennessee

After Bonnaroo, we were tired, footsore, and hungry. Chugging around in Chattanooga, Tennessee, late afternoon, right after we checked out Ruby...

Amsterdam Getaway: The Hotel Seven Bridges

The Hotel Seven Bridges is everything you want in a European hotel. It is in the middle of a kick-ass city (Amsterdam!) but not too close to the...

New York’s Best Café: The Grey Dog Café

Grey Dog Café is an oasis among oases; in my opinion, the best food in New York City. Not the best as in the most fancy, but if you’re like me,...

5 Pointz in Queens: Where Graffiti Is, Undoubtedly, Art.

Let me preface this piece by saying this: I have NO IDEA why I haven’t written about this place before. I didn’t hear about 5 Pointz...

The Dingle Way: Ireland.

Ireland is green. This barely needs to be said, I’m sure everyone already knows. But it is green, greener than you expect, and as soon as you...

Bonfires far away

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - July 20, 2011 -

Austin Coffee Shops: East Village Cafe

Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, NORTH AMERICA, USA - May 14, 2011 -

The Staveleigh House Comforts

Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, NORTH AMERICA, USA - May 9, 2011 -

Biking Austin to LA: Days 1 and 2

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - April 27, 2011 -

Charm School Vintage: Austin, Texas

Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, USA, Utah - April 19, 2011 -

EPIC BIKE TRIP

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - March 31, 2011 -

$2 SHOWS & THE ANTI TOURIST™ HOST UNOFFICIAL SXSW PARTY

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NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - March 16, 2011 Foreign and Domestic and Car Troubles: Austin, Texas

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - March 16, 2011 TC’s Lounge: Austin, Texas

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - March 16, 2011 Zhi Tea: Best Homemade Tea in Texas

NORTH AMERICA, Texas, USA - March 12, 2011 Blossom Skin Boutique: Austin, Texas

Some of Our Writers - March 7, 2011 Ashley M. Halligan

Some of Our Writers - March 7, 2011 Ben Britz – writer, photographer, editor, The Anti Tourist

Some of Our Writers - March 7, 2011 Elizabeth Seward

Colorado, NORTH AMERICA, USA - January 23, 2011 Thai Paradise: Ridgway, Colorado

Colorado, NORTH AMERICA, Photos - January 23, 2011 Herman Produce Stand; Palisade, Colorado

NORTH AMERICA, Ohio, USA - November 16, 2010 Ohio Street Food

NORTH AMERICA, USA, West Virginia - November 11, 2010 The Purple Fiddle: Thomas, West Virginia

NORTH AMERICA, Ohio, USA - November 8, 2010 The Anti Tourist on National Geographic: Columbus’ Local Food Scene

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The Anti Tourist publishes travel writing and travel photography at its most fine. These writings and images are 1st person narratives seeking to define the concept of Place. We love traveling secrets, ghosts, the best food, cities, countryside, high population density, no population density and we don't like tourists unless they are polite, or at least well-meaning.