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Can I Get in the Van?

I Hitchhiked to Texas This Winter and Almost Joined Black Flag

It dawned on me: Black Flag did not have a bass player. I decided right then and there to find out where Ginn was living, hitchhike across the country, and persuade him to let me try out—just as I had attempted to do at 16. Full story

The Soviet Ghost Town in the Czech Republic

There’s a little bit of the Soviet empire left in the middle of the Czech Republic, but it’s abandoned, decaying, and forgotten. How could two towns, one Czech and one Russian, exist without the residents knowing about each other? If you’ve got enough barbed wire fences and Kalas… Full story

Munchies

Craft

James Tracey might be the coolest chef we have ever shot for 'Munchies.' We were shocked by how relaxed he is considering he's the executive chef at Craft and Colicchio & Sons. He likes his razor clams raw and his beer cold. He also likes Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria, Motor City,… Full story

Fresh Off the Boat

Season One Leftovers

Here are the outtakes, behind-the-scenes clips, and bloopers from the first season of 'Fresh Off The Boat.' Enjoy! Full story

Truckers in the Wild

Series Trailer

'Truckers in the Wild' is a six-part series on VICE created in partnership with Hellmann’s. The show follows New York City chefs, brothers, and cookbook authors Max and Eli Sussman as they explore the food-truck phenomenon by finding the best food trucks in six vastly different c… Full story

Penetrating Jordan’s Illegal Porn Cinemas

No marquee or sign advertises the Kawakib Cinema's name or its show times, but it is a refuge for men—many of them migrant laborers from outside Jordan—to watch grainy porn anytime from 8 AM to 8 PM any day of the week to "finish and relax." Full story

Far Out

Agafia's Taiga Life - Trailer

In 1936, a family of Russian Old Believers journeyed deep into Siberia’s vast taiga to escape persecution and protect their way of life. The Lykovs eventually settled in the Sayan Mountains, 160 miles from any other sign of civilization. In 1944, Agafia Lykov was born into this w… Full story

Killers of Serpents

The Python Challenge Is the Only Thing Keeping the Everglades from Becoming a Two-Million-Acre Snake Pit

Justin's mission is to kill Burmese pythons, which can grow as long as 20 feet. He is one of 1,400 people who have signed up to hunt, shoot, and decapitate as many of the snakes as they can in a month as part of Florida’s first-ever Python Challenge. Full story

Sux by Suxwest: Suck Me Heavy, Heavy Metal

Everyone complains about SXSW, how bloated it is. You don't have to go. You can do anything. You don't have to go do some stupid, expensive thing. The organizer of Sux by Suxwest for three years now, Johnathan Cash, all he did was say yes. No matter what someone wanted to do or s… Full story

Facedown in Chitral

Where Pakistani Muslims Go to Secretly Party

The region of Kafiristan stretches across portions of what is today Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Kalash people spurn Islamic law by drinking, taking drugs, and partying. Full story

How a Remote Laotian Village Became Asia's Cancun

Vang Vieng's main street is full of bars screening reruns of 'Friends' and 'Family Guy.' Bars offer whiskey-taurine cocktails served in beach buckets. It’s also easy to score opium, magic mushrooms, methamphetamines, and other substances that could get you thrown into a Laotian p… Full story

Munchies

Blue Hill

This 'Munchies' episode is going to make whatever you eat today look like shit. It features chef Trevor Kunk of Blue Hill, one of the early bastions of farm-to-table cooking in New York City. The food Trevor and his team put out is revelatory: Their parsnip steak and salt-baked r… Full story

Fun with Drugs in Border Cities!

One interesting thing about living next to the international checkpoint separating Canada from Detroit is that you always have to strategize your drug plan before going out. In high school, my friends and I liked going to concerts on Woodward Avenue. We also liked smoking weed an… Full story

Blacking Out Is the Other Universal Language

Wasted Vacation Stories from Across the Globe

People have been going on vacations to make bad decisions since antiquity, and that’s not going to change. So in the spirit of broadening our horizons, we’ve asked our international offices to dig up the strangest, booziest stories of vacations gone wrong—or right, depending on h… Full story