Youngest American to Travel to Every Sovereign Nation at 27

The Story of Cassie De Pecol Youngest and first American to Travel to Every Sovereign Nation at 27 Cassie De Pecol visits 196 countries in 18 months and 26 days She says she will offset her trip's carbon footprint by planting trees (CNN)Her eyes teared up as a North Korean soldier gripped her hand in the hardest handshake she'd ever felt. "We're going to destroy you, America," he said. Over the past year and a half, American traveler Cassie De Pecol has visited every country in the world, and the greetings she received weren't always gracious. She had set out to promote peace in her own small way, by meeting people from every country in the world -- and she did so at a record pace. Traveling to all the world's 196 sovereign nations in 18 months and 26 days, De Pecol made the trip in less than half the time it took the previous Guinness World Record holder. She recalled telling the North Korean guard about her mission: She was there to show that,...