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Airbnb is taking on the tourism industry with an ambitious expansion and a star-studded launch – but it comes at a delicate time for the company
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NLand, the first artificial surf park in North America, opened in landlocked Austin last month, inspiring a new generation of surfers who live miles from the ocean
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The colourful barrios of this teeming, oft-maligned capital are now thriving – with culture, creativity and an exciting, modern food scene
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Bison ruled the plains of North America until they were almost slaughtered into extinction in the 19th century. Today the population is recovering, and one of the best places to see them is Yellowstone national park
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Harmonica player Billy Branch, who’s played with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and BB King, hails the Windy City’s sense of community, its parks and its food
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To mark the US National Park Service turning 100 this week, Mary Caperton Morton picks the best places to stay, from hotels and cabins to campsites, in the country’s favourite parks
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Looking remarkably like the fabled Mexican artist, Beatriz Vázquez Gómez also draws crowds with her speciality cooking
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A tongue-in-cheek website offers Americans refuge in the case of a Trump win. But there are lots of good reasons for visiting this corner of Nova Scotia – whoever’s US president
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The biggest (and loveliest) new and secondhand bookshop in California is on a mission: to ‘keep the paper and ink book business alive’
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We get a sneak preview of a zipwire ride above the Horseshoe Falls – one of several ways Niagara is updating its appeal
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Calgary calls its annual Stampede the ‘greatest outdoor show on Earth’. In advance of its opening next week, Canadian photographer Noel Hendrickson shares choice shots from previous years
Instagram snapshots Instagram snapshots: Mathew Leonardi is awed by the US south-west