I wrote too many of these to count, and I’ve carried that excess into the samples included here. Oopsie.

The point of the Weekend Cabin feature wasn’t the building itself, as much as it was to transport us somewhere new, to indulge a bit of wanderlust, and equally, to indulge in the joy of sitting still.

Every so often, regardless of how cool the “cabin” was, I’d hit a bit of a block around finding a new angle. Diving into the area’s geography or history always provided more than enough fodder to talk about shelter in a (hopefully) unexpected way.

Adventure Journal now publishes primarily in print only, so links below lead to PDFs. If you like adventure, design, and independent writers who always slide in sideways with an unexpected approach, subscribe to AJ.

All photo credits are in the linked articles.