Forever on a mission to seek out the most offbeat adventures and introduce you to things you didn’t even know you wanted on your bucket list, Lauren Monitz has been published in Fodor’s, Trivago, AOL, MSN, The Food Network, USA Today, Eater, and Huffington Post, among others. With 195K followers, you can follow her (mis)adventures abroad and close to home on her blog, theDownLo.com or on Instagram @lmonitz.