(CNN) — As he walked back to his hometown alongside his beloved dog Savannah after seven years on the road, adventurer Tom Turcich, from New Jersey, couldn’t have been more hopeful about the future.

Erika Huey has never been to the Eiffel Tower. But she knows what it’s like to climb all the way to the top of the Paris landmark – and she has the medal to prove it. Huey has also never been to ...

Theresa Shouse doesn’t like taking the elevator if she doesn’t have to. She once got stuck in an elevator for 30 minutes in a Chicago high-rise when she was a kid and she’s preferred the stairs ever ...