Key West is unlike anywhere else in the United States, or anywhere else in the Florida Keys for that matter. It's a subtropical hideaway, closer to Cuba than it is to the US mainland, with a laidback lifestyle that's enticing.  It's not difficult to see why it attracted writer and adventurer Ernest Hemingway, whose former house is now a major ...

As the seventh-largest city in the nation and one of the fastest growing, San Antonio is located in south cental Texas. It has a rich colonial heritage with The Alamo, an 18th-century Spanish mission preserved as a museum to commemorate the battle for Texan independence from Mexico. Following the San Antonio River, the miles-long River Walk is a pe...

As we emerge from the urban, palm tree forest, there it is. The 17,500-seat SAP Centre, a silver-sided edifice better known as the Shark Tank, is the home rink of the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks. This is definitely going to be NHL hockey, California-style. My son, Alex, and I have walked three blocks up downtown's main drag of Santa Cl...

The State of Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline in the United States along with more than 100 public beaches, some of the highest freshwater sand dunes in the world. There are multi-colored sandstone cliffs, two National Lakeshores and the only national marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lak...

​ The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, which is located beneath the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in southern Colorado, has been designated as an International Dark Sky Park. It is the second of Colorado's four national parks to be given this status. The designation recognises Great Sand Dunes for the exceptional quality of its dark night ...

West Virginia, the USA Mountain State, offers mountains that are challenging to mountaineers, rock climbers and hikers of all levels and provide a stunning backdrop to year-round outdoor adventures. The best mountain regions can be found to the south west of the state, in the Mountain Lakes and Potomac Highlands. The state can be explored on a road...