Life is wonderful. More wonderful than we know.

Life would be altogether better if there were more surprises; more whimsy.

Remember when you found a rare coin in a gutter?

Or when you found a forgotten cottage in the wood?

Do you remember the first time you climbed onto a roof?

That feeling when you watched life scream into existence when your niece was born? Or your son was born? Or when you were born?

If we could bottle and sell that feeling, we swear we would.

The closest thing we can come up with is to curate a handful of curiosities and hope they strike your fancy.

Most of this stuff is local, and a lot of it supports artists.

Not because local artists win us some kind of social capital.

Because artists are some of the only professional wonder-seekers left.

Writers mold words into concepts.

Painters make the abstract reality (or sometimes make reality abstract).

Photographers look for moments that creak open a doorway to a story .

Graphic designers wrestle ideas into characters, fonts, colors, and textures

Some of these treasures will help you pass the time.

Screens are a danger. Alluring but harmful. Many don’t know how to exist outside of that soft blue glow.

Maybe a card game, or a paper airplane, or a date-night-mystery-bag will help fight the good fight against screens.

If a Wonder Outpost can bring two minutes of awe back into your life, then the venture has paid off.

We are simply trying to curate moments of wonder where you’d least expect it.

Stumble onto something wonderful.

Welcome to the war on dullness

Welcome to Wonder Outposts.

The Manifesto