Countries Visited
In just over 28 years I have been able to visit ALL of the world’s countries (197/197 U.N Countries & 250 Plus Total Territories/Countries). I have set foot in all seven continents, and I hope to continue exploring every hidden corner of this incredible planet. Click on a country below to see my related pages.
Travel Stories
Visiting My Last Country of the World 197/197 & My 6-Month-Old Daughter’s First Country-Saint Kitts & Nevis
February 2024: For years I planned this moment out so that I would visit my last United Nations recognized country (197/197) so that I when I did the event would coincide with my 6-month-old daughter, Indie also visiting her 1st country. As an added bonus Indie's...
Climbing One of the Most Active Volcanoes in the Caribbean, La Soufrière in Saint Vincent & Grenadines
February 2024: As part of a two-week 5 country trip in the Caribbean islands to visit my last 5 sovereign countries, my nephew, friend Jimmie and I spend almost 3 days in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a country that would seem the least touristy out of all...
Communist Revolutions and an American Military Invasion in the Small Island Paradise of Grenada
February 2024: I visited Grenada for three days as part of a 2 weeklong trip in the Caribbean to visit the last of 197 sovereign countries of the world. Grenada was one of the countries I looked forward to the most I am fascinated in revolutions and the cold war, and...
Discovering the Home of the Caribbean Sound of the Steel Drum in a Trinidad Pan Yard
February 2024: On what was my 2nd time to Trinidad and what was meant to be a full day and night in Trinidad was reduced to just one night because of a flight delay from Saint Lucia. Thus, unfortunately ruined my trip to an abandoned cold war era military radar...
Road trip Around Barbados Once Home to George Washington & Camping at a 100-Year-Old Abandoned Lighthouse
January 2024: As part of a two-week trip to visit my last 5 sovereign countries in the world, I started the trip in Barbados with my nephew, Dylan and friend, Jimmie. In total we spent about 3 days in Barbados, and we drove around the island in a rental car exploring...
My Favorite Places in My Home State of Minnesota
I am very fortunate that I was able to spend half of my life growing up in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes with vast forests, and the mighty Lake Superior, world largest freshwater lake. No matter where I go in the world and I have seen some incredible places,...
Abandoned Greek City of Varosha, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
November 2023: During my previous trip to Cyprus a few years back, I was denied entry into the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) because I didn't have all of the required Covid documentation to enter. My intrigue to visit the break-away republic was...
Soviet Nuclear Bomb Testing Grounds of the Polygon, Kazakhstan
November 2023: I traveled to Northeast Kazakhstan for one week to feed my longing for all things of the Soviet Union era, which Kazakhstan was formerly a part of. I have a fascination for the cold war, its war of ideology, espionage, brutalist architecture and the...
Trekking in the Isolated Tibetan Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal
May 2023: I initially fell in love with the Buddhist regions of the Himalayas in 1998 when I visited the Indian Ladakh and Zanskar and spend a few months traveling and trekking in the region. Ever since then I have returned to trek in Bhutan/2005 and in Tibet/2010,...
A Few Days Being Shown Around the Ancient and Holy Iraqi Sites of Babylon and Karbala with My Iraqi Friend
May 2023: After two prior trips to Iraq to visit Kurdistan and the southern marshes where I stayed with the Marsh Arab Medan people, I wanted to return and see the central part of Iraq. I only had a few days in Iraq on a layover to Nepal for a two weeklong trek in the...