We thought we were the founders of mystery trips, but thanks to a fun article in Atlas Obscura, we now know that it was a trend long before we were around!

Check out the whole article, but multiple countries from England to the US to New Zealand all had mystery day trips that were quite the rage in the 1930’s. We think our controlled trips geared toward each traveler’s preferences sound like more fun, though we love seeing how others played up the element of surprise!