Get Closer.

From the pueblos of Argentina to the deserts of Syria, I go to the places the headlines get wrong, and the ones they never mention. Then I show you what's really there. 127 countries so far. More than half a million people following along.

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127Countries

7Continents

9Years on the road

500K+Following along

What I believe

There is good to be found in every corner, country and culture of this world.

My goal is to bring it out.

I grew up in O'Fallon, Missouri, and spent five years in a corporate job. Good job. Safe path.

Then my dad's death woke me up. It made me realize that someday isn't guaranteed. So I left my job, my comfort and my home. Not just to see the world, but to understand it.

127 countries later, I've found connection in places I was taught to fear, and beauty where the headlines said there was none.

Nick in a red jacket in front of an iceberg in Antarctica

Nick sitting on the steps of red brick temples at sunset

Nick jumping in the middle of an empty road, with snowy mountain peaks behind him

Nick in front of tall columns carved into red rock

127 countries

A few places that stayed with me.

Tap a dot to see what I found there.

The mission

Show what's really there. In the places the world gets wrong, and in the lesser-known places it overlooks.

People are not their governments.

A country can have political problems, security concerns and hard times, and extraordinary people, all at once.

Not a lie. Just not the whole truth.

The headlines show one part of a place. I go and film the rest.

Beauty hides off the map.

Some places never make the news at all. A small village in rural Argentina deserves to be seen as much as any famous city. I go looking for those too.