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A New York Christmas In New York, Christmas surprisingly rises above crass commercialism

A road trip through Cajun Country Exploring the bayous and byways of French Louisiana

A safe Anchorage Alaska's vibrant capital is fun in all seasons

America at Barge Within easy reach of America’s eastern cities, you can drift back to a gentler era, turning the clock back to the dawn of the industrial era, before the sparks and steam of the railways replaced the gentler motions of water pouring into locks and mules plodding along towpaths.

America, the ultimate road trip Cruising the Interstates, negotiating Tinseltown’s spaghetti junctions, raising the dust in the Mojave Desert....images made familiar by the silver screen. What is the reality?

Badlands of Dakota The American West opens up ahead as you cross the Missouri, westbound to South Dakota

Cities Of Sound Glenn A. Baker presents a Bakers' Dozen of cities worthy of cruising through, with all antennae twitching

Follow That Eagle What better summertime drive than to follow Virginia’s Appalachian parkways through some of the finest countryside in the eastern United States?

Harpers Ferry: soul of a Nation Harpers Ferry village, today so peaceful, was in the 1800s the touch-stone for events that launched the American Civil War.

Lava Quest Trek with Roderick Eime amongst the smoldering outflows around Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

No roads lead to Nome Alaska's wild west

Riding the Railroad in northern New Mexico The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, straddling the border between New Mexico and Colorado, is a scenic delight

San Juan: Port of Plenty The Caribbean's "Silk 'n Satin" Port of Plenty stuns its privileged visitors

Santa Fe, City Different In Santa Fe even the parking stations are built with adobe in the Spanish colonial style.

Sublimely Ridiculous Billed as “the last great race in the world”, the Iditarod dog-sled race runs well over 1600 km from Anchorage to Nome, through some of the world’s most inhospitable territory.

The Iditarod turns thirty-five Alaska's great sled-dog race

Treasure Troves of a New Age A stroll through three of the English-speaking world's great museums - ones designed to inspire rather than merely inform: the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand; the Buffalo Bill Historical Centre in Wyoming; and Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition.

Utah - Wide open, spacious, dramatic In a spectacularly scenic part of America, Utah really stands head and shoulders above the rest

West Africa meets France in Louisiana Lafayette’s annual (April) Festival International de Louisiane, deep in Cajun Country of Louisiana, is a celebration of all things Francophone.

Winter in Alaska - are you crazy? Alaska offers some winter options not found elsewhere, including access to unique wildlife and native culture, and sports including skijoring (ie dog-towed skiing)