 He traveled extensively.Among his trips were a tour of the Galapagos Islands and an expedition to Cocos Island as the guest of his friend Commander E.F. MacDonald Jr., the Chairman of the Zenith Corporation; a six-month sojourn in the interior of Guatemala; a summer in Tahiti; a trip to Isle Royale, Michigan, as a member of the Isle Royale Archeological Expedition; and various cruises in the Caribbean.With Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937, he wrote "Architecture and Modern Life"; and in 1939 he wrote "Art in Action," explaining his views about the humanities.