Located in the Canadian forest, a three-hour drive from Toronto, visitors can discover grey wolves at the privately-owned 100,000 acre sustainable Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve. As an apex predator, wolves serve to keep the ecosystem in balance, but over the years hunting and environmental impacts on their habitat have threatened this ma...

​ Greater Zion, in southwest Utah, is the name used to encourage visitors to think beyond the Zion National Park. The national park is a nature preserve marked by Zion Canyon's steep red cliffs. It covers 232 square miles, is the fourth most visited national park in the US. Beyond, the Greater Zion region offers 2,4000 square miles and a range of o...

​Vitali Vitaliev discovers a reclusive Jurassic-Park-style community of Russian Old Believers in Alaska She was sitting on the pavement (or, as they say in America, "sidewalk"), next to a "Paws for Coffee" coffee-shop for dogs, in a wind-swept suburb of Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city. Her slanting Inupiaq eyes stared straight in front of her...

I came to Las Vegas in the very end of my 6-month-long American journey. In a way, I liked the place for its boisterous and unadulterated kitsch (Las Vegas' euphemism for culture, spelt with a capital 'K') and for its total lack of pretence, as if the city was constantly taking the mickey out of itself. Mechanic on duty. Free aspirin and tender sym...

Meet Taqueria El Fundador and Los Sombreros A great Mexican restaurant is a thing of beauty. When the owners take the time and care to curate an incredible menu marrying tradition and innovation, with tasty drinks to wash it all down…you have what I call an "incredible culinary find." I have two shining examples of diverse Mexican food experie...

The new Ultimate Daytona Beach Trail Guide helps visitors explore its many cultural, historic and natural attractions. Daytona Beach is a city on Florida's Atlantic coast, which is known for Daytona International Speedway, which hosts February's Daytona 500 NASCAR race. The beach has hard-packed sand where driving is permitted in designated areas T...