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The Escapologist

Laura Motta

A newsletter about travel, culture, and the culture of travel.

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On Salem Witches, Real and Imagined

Salem, MA / Laura Motta, 2025

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La Reserve Firenze, 2026

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National Parks Ink Stamp Collecting, Explained

I did a little live stream thing this week to test Substack’s capabilities in this regard and… it was nice. I took some time to talk about one of my favorite obsessions – US national park ink stamps — and how to collect them in a smart litt...

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Japan: Art, Hot Springs, and Soft Serve

Bridge to Tsunoshima, Yamaguchi, Japan / Laura Motta, 2026

If Honshu, the main island of Japan, is shaped like a banana – go with me, here – the bottom of the banana is Chugoku. A peninsula bracketed by the Seto Island Sea in the south and...

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