United States
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Kate Ravilious Fire and ice creators of Yosemite’s plains and canyons
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Los Angeles is a city where glamour and style are timeless. As the Donmar Warehouse prepares to revisit 1940s LA with its new show, City of Angels, we pick 10 locations that still exude old-school allure
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Review The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip review – a survey of photographers’ journeys
David Campany’s study of the great photographic odysseys across America points to a country more indistinct than ever, says Sean O’Hagan -
The pro snowboarder finds a gut-busting sweet potato burrito from this cosy cafe perfect fuel for a day of tricks and jumps
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The Hairspray and Pink Flamingos director cruises his hometown’s diners and bars and reveals the exact location of Divine’s ‘poop scoop’
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Share your top places to eat in San Francisco and you could win a £200 hotel voucher
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Alissa Walker of A Walker in LA argues in favour of an unsung public transit system whilst highlighting the glitz and grit of The Big Orange
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Photographer Vivienne Gucwa captures the empty streets of New York in the snow. These images are from her book NY Through The Lens
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The London- and Miami-based DJ gives a tour of the restaurants, clubs, beaches, and art galleries that make the US city such a vibrant destination
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Backcountry skiing is always demanding and often dangerous, but it’s the only way to really get to know a mountain personally, says Tim Neville
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Romantic escapes such as Hawaii, Paris and Brazil are also accessible now, as the world opens up to LGBT travel, says Will Coldwell
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Autumn foliage, charming architecture and a foggy morning ... in our Instagram travel trips Zach Glassman explores the Mississippi
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Denton is a small Texan town with a world-class music scene, including homegrown bands like Midlake and Neon Indian. But a shadow hangs over its future as a creative hub as it votes on whether to ban fracking within city limits
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What's the address of the White House, where was Jaws set, and which is the longest river in the US? Find out in our quiz, which includes a devilishly difficult question from the American ambassador to London
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GrrlScientist: This absorbing book is an engaging and wistful, yet measured, chronicle about the tragic loss of one very special, iconic, species, the passenger pigeon.
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The creator of the Harry Bosch series of detective novels looks beyond LA’s freeways to bring us a piazza full of mariachi musicians, historic bars, gorgeous views and tiny jazz clubs
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'We were planning to overnight at one of the campgrounds in Mount Rainier national park in Washington state, and spent the night at Snow Lake …'
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Cannabis tour operators are heading for Colorado where new dispensaries (shops), and weed-friendly clubs and hotels are popping up to make the most of the relaxation of marijuana laws
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What can you expect from an American road trip? Breathtaking views, vintage cars, long and winding roads – and cupcake ATMS. Here is a special photographic journey across the US, as seen by our readers
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‘The van takes off and everybody starts smoking joints’. An edited highlight from John Waters’ account of hitchhiking across America
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From a Canadian bookshop opened by Alice Munro in the 1960s to one in the island of Santorini started by drunk Oxford students, some of the world’s most exotic booksellers feature in The Bookshop Book, published as part of a UK-wide Books are My Bag campaign to support the bookselling industry in the run-up to Christmas. Its author Jen Campbell introduces some of the finest
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In America, waitresses are central to the diner experience, dispensing wisdom and wit as well as coffee and apple pie. Author Candacy Taylor visited more than 44 US cities collecting stories from ‘lifers’ who have been serving tables for up to 60 years
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There are lots of great ways to see the Rockies – skiing, trekking, a road trip – but for Aaron Millar a storm-tossed hike, abseiling in darkness and (not) sleeping halfway up a cliff proved to be the best
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Ruling protects national treasure against the possibility of opening it to 26 new mines and 700 exploration projects
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A new travel website is offering discounts to guests based on their social media popularity. Trevor Baker tests out whether he is influential enough to qualify
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in America, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is exhibiting winners of the Wilderness Forever photography competition
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Washington is known as the Evergreen State, but its stunning national and state parks offer an abundance of colours, ranging from white-capped mountains to islands in the deep blue ocean
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After the second world war, the American road trip became a cultural phenomenon, as artists journeyed across the States in search of inspiration. Here are some of the most iconic images by photographers who, down the decades, have treated the great American highway as a muse
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Gone Girl’s Amy resents Kansas City for its lack of hipster cool. But in real life our writer discovers a town buzzing with potential
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From mid-century poverty to contemporary love stories via an account of the 1893 World’s Fair, here is a roundup of our readers’ top Chicago literature
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New York celebrates the opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards, the final section of the city’s elevated park, running through the Lower West Side
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After a busy road was diverted through a tunnel, Fort Point has been transformed into one Boston’s hippest districts
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Boston’s Fort Point and Seaport district is the city’s up and coming area, with a dynamic food scene, cutting-edge galleries and a decent line in craft beers
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From the gold rush to the beat generation to the cyberspace revolution, the changeless thing about San Francisco is that everything seems cutting edge, all the time, says Pico Iyer
GrrlScientist The fungus among us: Kew Gardens' Fungarium