People are fantasizing about the railroad." Hobo culture was born out of economic necessity in post-Civil War America, says Rod Sykora, who goes by the hobo name "Minneapolis Skinny" and is based ...

Naturally, hobo culture has changed significantly over the past century. There are still older “tramps” riding trains, but the days of bindles on sticks have long gone. As Owen Clayton ...

The hobo lifestyle is a unique and romanticized sub-culture that only exists prominently in a few countries. Notably, the United States and its constituents have harbored, circulated, and re ...