Knut Olav Loite

Knut Olav and Astrid Loite traveled through 16 countries in 23 hours, 21 minutes. They visited Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands.

The trip began near the borders of Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia on June 27, 2009 at 17:43 pm. The time was chosen so they would arrive at the busiest borders (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland) at lower-traffic times.

The duo stopped to fuel up theirRenault Espace 2.0dCithree times (Austria, Italy, and Switzerland) before completing the journey in The Netherlands at 17:05 pm on June 28, 2009.

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Matt Piper

Matt Piper, Gareth Jones, and Lloyd Jones set off from London (England) and drove to Cardiff (Wales), Dublin (Ireland), Belfast (Northern Ireland) and finally Edinburgh (Scotland) in 23 hours and 10 minutes, a new world record.

This feat was achieved on April 3, 2009. Piper, Jones, and Jones took the drive as a fundraiser for the British Red Cross on behalf of their organization, Wendy’s Appeal.

NOTE: This record is dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals.

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Dave Zien

In a feat that took almost 20 years to accomplish, former Wisconsin senator Dave Zien put a world record 1,000,000 miles on his Harley Davidson FXR[] motorcycle.

Zien began the journey in 1991. On April 4, 2009, Zien hit the million mile mark. Tony Sanfelipo was on hand to document and confirm the mileage. Read more about his journey here.

Marc

Marc and Lucas crossed Honduras by motorcycle in 4 hours and 55 minutes. They began in El Amatillo at the El Salvador border, and exited to Nicaragua through the town of at El Espino. The clock stopped when they reached the border. See their route here.

Marc and Lucas set the record on November 8, 2008. Marc rode a BMW 1150GS[] and Lucas was on a KTM 990.

Suna Taymaz

Mark Sinclair and Suna Taymaz drove a limousine 5959 miles across three continents, a new world record. The trip began in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they bought a 1988 Lincoln Town Car Stretch Limousine. From Las Vegas, they drove to a shipping facility in New Jersey via San Francisco, California. The vehicle shipped to Ipswich, United Kingdom where they picked it up and drove through France, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Mauritania and Mali.

The trip ended on February 2, 2008 in Timbuktu, Mali. Details of the journey can be found at LimoToAfrica.org.

Jonathan Gutierrez

Laura Tedford and Jonathan Gutierrez got stopped by the police and ticketed twice in three hours, a world record. Tedford was ticketed for not wearing her seat belt, and Gutierrez was ticketed for going 46mph in a 30mph zone. Both tickets were issued on a road trip to South Padre Island[],Texas

Art Hoffman

Art Hoffman rode 437 miles with a full-sized skeleton on the back seat of his tandem bicycle. The skeleton (named Oscar) was affixed to the back seat with Hoffman when he participated in the RAGBRAI bike ride in 1987. Oscar wore a "U.S Tobacco Industry" sign that was part of anti-smoking campaign Hoffman started.

Art Hoffman

Art Hoffman has taken photos of 42 U.S. State Capitol buildings. He began taking the photos in 1968 and has photos from States he has lived in and traveled through.

Hoffman’s photo collection includes all states except Alaska, Delaware, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, and Vermont.

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Luís Perpétua

Luis Perpetua traveled through all 30 countries connected byInterRailin 14 days, 9 hours, and 11 minutes. He began on April 30, 2010 in Finland and ended on May 13, 2010 in Portugal. See his itinerary here.

List of countries connected by InterRail: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Read more about his journey here.

Matthew Madera

Matthew Madera travelled six feet in a laundry basket filled with toilet paper in 2.36 seconds.

Matthew Kelly

Matt Kelly and Dave Thompson travelled 13,300 kilometers (8260 miles) from Brisbane, Australia to set a record at URDB’sBreak Cancer party in Austin, Texas. The duo competed against each other before Thompson ultimately set a record for Fastest Time To Eat Three Tim-Tams While Crowd Surfing[].

Read more about their epic journeyhere.

Ben Cunliffe

Ben Cunliffe travelled 514 miles to make a Redbox return.

Duane Clark

Duane Clark travelled a distance of 4,790 miles while carrying the world’s first gas-powered automobile. The automobile, a 125-year-old Benz, was carried in Clark’s van.

Edwin Escobar

Edwin Escobar visited San Jose in Costa Rica, Managua in Nicaragua, Tegucigalpa in Honduras, San Salvador in El Salvador and Guatemala City in Guatemala. He traveled to each city on his motorcycle, a total distance of 1,400 kilometers across Central America.

Escobar performed this feat to raise funds to help overcome malnutrition of Salvadorean children.

Geoff Bond

Geoff Bond and eight of his unicyclist friends traveled 56 miles from London to Brighton on their unicycles.