From Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela, how Rauli Virtanen’s career as a foreign correspondent took him to every country in the world – becoming the first to ever do so.

While Harry Mitsidis, the founder of NomadMania, is probably too humble to admit it, he’s most likely the most knowledgeable person on everything to do with visiting every country in the world – including all the people who have accomplished the remarkable feat!

Gina Morello had four countries left in her quest to visit every country when the pandemic struck in 2020. However, that only delayed her goal, as she was able to get to her final country of Mozambique in December of 2020 – becoming the first person to finish seeing every country post-pandemic!

Woni Spotts has one of the more unique travel journeys you’ll hear. She traveled to 160 countries before the age of 19 as the host of a travel documentary shot from 1979 to 1982. However, the documentary lost funding for the final year of shooting and Woni didn’t travel much for the next 30 years.

79-year-old Luisa Yu completes her 50-year journey to visit every country, giving us her first full interview, and how social media travel influencers turned her into an overnight media sensation!

Indy Nelson visited every country in the world right out of college and became the youngest (24 years old) and fastest (539) to visit every country.

Romaine Welds is the first Jamaican, Caribbean, and black American (take your pick! 😅) to see every country in the world – and one of only two black men in the world. Here he stands overlooking Socotra, Yemen.

You might think traveling to every country once would be an impressive accomplishment. How about traveling to every country twice? Well, that’s exactly what Gunnar Garfors of Norway did!

Unlike most other world travelers, Stefan Krasowski has been in a relationship for almost the entirety of his travels. Find out the trade-offs he had to make with his wife, how he makes money off his travels, and which of his 80 credit cards are the most important to him and other travelers.

Besides that amazing feat, which has yet to be duplicated, Graham also holds the record for the most countries visited in one year (133)! Find out more about his crazy, four-year journey, the complicated nature of inventing a never-before-listed World Record, and how he won an island in Panama!