It's a most undignified way to roll up to former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's favourite restaurant. We arrive at Lucca, in Sacramento's leafy Midtown, hooting and hollering on one of those 15-person party bikes that resembles a bar on wheels. Usually, Sac Brew Bike's tours hit rambunctious pubs. But, our group has chartered the party...

The Channel Islands National Park encompasses five islands and their ocean environment, preserving and protecting a wealth of natural and cultural resources. Isolation over thousands of years has created unique animals, plants, and archeological resources and preserved a place where visitors can experience coastal California as it once was. Althoug...

St. Pete Beach on Florida's Gulf of Mexico was first named St. Petersburg Beach, when it was incorporated in 1957. Then, in 1994, its residents voted for a name change to St. Pete Beach, to make the distinction between their city and that of St. Petersburg, a few miles to the east. And the name defines this destination, offering, as it does, a 'ste...

Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been listed in the top 10 healthiest US states, according to the 28th annual report from the United Health Foundation and American Public Health Association. The Association, which examined 35 measures including environment, obesity and air pollution, also highlighted Maine and Rhode Island. New Eng...

A great beach and much more beside Longboat Key, an affluent Gulf Coast community located between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, forms the Bradenton Gulf Islands with the adjoining Anna Maria Island. For the traveller, Longboat Key's attraction is its 12 miles of wonderful white sand beach and string of fine dining restaurants and elegant wat...

The Great Lakes region of the USA offers a wide range of winter sports ranging from skiing to ice skating to tobogganing to the more unusual pursuit of climbing a frozen waterfall. The Great Lakes USA is the largest expanse of freshwater in the world. This region which is the size of continental Europe, comprises the states of Illinois, Indiana Mic...