US holidays
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The Walking Dead 'come to life' at Universal Studios HollywoodThere’s no need to fear the walking dead at Universal Studios’ new zombie theme-park-attraction, based on the hit AMC TV show … well, maybe just a little
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Painted desert: Ugo Rondinone erects a fluorescent stone circle in NevadaSeven Magic Mountains by the Swiss artist has just gone on display in the desert near Las Vegas -
San Francisco on a budget: readers’ travel tipsDespite rampant gentrification, the City by the Bay still has some great affordable experiences, if you know where to look. Readers share their best bargains -
Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurantsThe city across the bay has shed its inferiority complex and offers plenty of reasons to visit. In fact you can skip San Francisco altogether, and fly to Oakland direct from the UK
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Instagram snapshots: Gavin Heffernan in the USAStarscapes, skyscapes and landscapes captured on a filmmakers’ journey across America
road trips
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On the road: mapping the great road trips of American literatureRichard Kreitner and Steven Melendez have created a comprehensive, interactive map that plots every location visited by a dozen authors during their famous expeditions across the US
national parks
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Top 10 US mid-Atlantic national and state parksThe eastern US states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland offer green spaces with stunning peaks and waterfalls, as well as wonderful wildlife
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The world’s best workplace … Glacier national park, MontanaTour guide David Eglsaer loves the fact that his job lets him spend several months of every year among the stunning peaks of Montana’s Glacier national park
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The 10 best parksFrom steamy Sao Paolo to breezy Buffalo – via Birkenhead on Merseyside – here are some of the world’s very best urban green spaces
adventure holidays
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10 epic long-distance walks around the worldFrom the Highlands to the Himalayas, these hikes take in some of the world’s most spectacular landscapes. They’re not for the faint-hearted, but keen trekkers will love the challenges posed by each
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Border crossing: whitewater rafting in Hells Canyon, USA five-day rafting and camping trip in dazzling Oregon and Idaho, along the deepest canyon in North America, was the perfect adventure challenge for our devil-may-care writer
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The wild west of my dreams: California’s Sequoia national forestA little-visited peak above the San Joaquin valley feels like ‘my mountain’, says novelist TC Boyle
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Climber Tommy Caldwell: 'From an early age Yosemite became the centre of my universe'Free climbing the Dawn Wall of El Capitan was an intense and exhilarating experience – one of many in a career that has allowed Caldwell to see the world from on high
food and drink
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Road trips and fire pits: discovering the secrets of BBQ in NashvilleShauna Guinn and her partner searched the deep south for the best American barbecue before opening their own joint in the deep south of ... Wales
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Holiday hotspots: where to go in 2015Looking for inspiration for this year’s holiday? We’ve selected 40
hot destinations for 2015, each with a fresh reason to visit, from new budget flights, hotels, arts events and festivals to a solar eclipse … -
Top 10 family-friendly New York summer activities
Discover New York City summer activities that are perfect for families … Angela Hederman and Michael Berman, authors of a new guide to New York with kids, pick their top 10 things to do
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Top 10 parks and outdoor activities in Nashville
Nashville's wealth of parks and outdoor amenities allow visitors plenty of room to roam, as well as the opportunity enjoy concerts, open-air theatre, arts events and picnic spots, says Kristin Luna
top 10s
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10 of the best haunted sites around the worldFrom a ‘hanging-doll’ island in Mexico to the English estate which inspired The Turn of the Screw, the author of A Natural History of Ghosts picks some of his favourite spooky sites
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10 of the best ways to enjoy Boston … on a budgetGreat parks, free art and brewery tours, brilliant cheap eats and gigs … Boston, America’s ‘walking city’, has loads for visitors to do without spending big bucks
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Short trips from New York City: readers’ tipsReaders share their favourite jaunts from the Big Apple, many to beautiful upstate New York, but also to New Jersey and beyond
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The best of New Orleans: readers’ travel tipsBlues venues, swamp trips, a jogging tour of the city and great places to stay … our readers share their tales of the Big Easy
Los Angeles’ new rail extension makes its way to the beach