Decades ago, a Portuguese teenager stowed away on a ship and ended up in Newfoundland, where he raised a family of children — one of whom was the Tony in Tony's Tailor Shop, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

For Dungeons & Dragons fans, an epic journey involves warriors, wizards and dwarves traipsing across vast continents and venturing deep into underground lairs, battling monsters and looting treasure along the way. But for Mike Bannister of St. John's, the most fantastic trek he's been on was a plane ride to Wisconsin in March.