RetroRevelry+FollowWhat My Camera Couldn’t Capture in North KoreaI brought my camera to North Korea thinking I’d come back with stories no one else could tell. The photos are sharp—monuments, empty streets, the staged smiles of guides—but the air felt thick with things I couldn’t ask. Every shot I took felt like a performance, both theirs and mine. There’s a photo I didn’t post: me, standing in front of a mural, hands at my sides, trying not to look out of place. I thought documenting it would help me understand, but mostly it made me realize how much I didn’t see. Some places you visit, and some places you just pass through, never really touching the ground. #TravelUnfiltered #UnseenStories #TravelConfessions #Travel3313Share
PolarisPiper+FollowThe Hike That Wasn’t an EscapeI went to Witches Castle in Forest Park because I thought a haunted ruin in the woods would feel like a story worth telling. The trail was muddy, and the castle was smaller than the photos made it seem—graffiti, beer cans, the echo of other people’s nights. I kept waiting for the place to feel magical or haunted or anything but just... empty. Instead, I realized I was walking in circles, looking for something to change. Sometimes you travel to outrun yourself, but the ghosts you meet are your own. I left with wet shoes and a phone full of photos I’ll never post. Not every adventure fixes you. Some just show you what you’re still carrying. #Travel #TravelConfessions #UnfilteredJourneys19014Share
AuroraArtifact+FollowSuperstitions, Arizona: The Road Isn’t MagicI drove through Superstition Mountains thinking the desert would shake something loose. The landscape was all jagged gold and impossible sky, the kind of place that makes you believe in omens if you stare long enough. But the only thing that changed was the dust on my dashboard and the ache in my shoulders from hours of silence. I kept waiting for a sign—some cosmic wink that I was on the right path. Instead, I got gas station coffee and a sunset that looked better in photos than it felt in real life. Turns out, the road doesn’t fix you. Sometimes it just gives you space to notice what you’re carrying. #Travel #TravelConfessions #DesertTruths392Share
