About
Factory Trails
Where things were made, and still are
Industrial heritage and manufacturing tourism: mill towns, working factory tours, and the museums built inside them.
Who publishes it
Factory Trails is an independent publication edited and published by Zaali Panjakidze in Tbilisi, Georgia. Postal address: Zgvisubani 3 mikro, 5 kvartali, building 15, 6 sadarbazo, 6th floor, flat 110, Tbilisi, Georgia. Email: editor@factorytrails.com.
What we cover
Factory Trails covers industrial heritage and manufacturing tourism. Coverage is organised into 7 sections: Costs, Features, Guides, Industry, Maintenance, Reviews, Rules. There are 98 articles published so far.
How we work
Articles are written to be useful to someone actually doing the thing: specific, checkable, and honest about what varies by situation. Claims are checked against official or primary sources where they can be verified, and the sources are named. Where a piece touches regulated work, it says so rather than implying the reader can skip a professional.
We correct mistakes rather than quietly editing them away. If a correction changes the substance of a piece, the article says what changed. Read the editorial standards for the full rules.
Following along
Every article appears in the RSS feed, which is the best way to follow the site without an account or a newsletter.
Getting in touch
Corrections, tips and questions: editor@factorytrails.com. For advertising, see the advertising page. The contact page lists everything in one place.