North and Central America holidays
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World view: home on the range in Yellowstone national park, WyomingBison 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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'Everybody knows everybody' – what the blues has given ChicagoHarmonica 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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Places to visit, stay and tour in western Canada – readers’ travel tipsThink western Canada and mountains and bears spring to mind. But our intrepid readers have also explored the region’s First Nation heritage and found great places to stay – one without a roof
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In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, on the trail of its old-time musical heritageA road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Crooked Road – Virginia’s heritage music trail – reveals how the majestic landscape inspired the stars of old-time, bluegrass and country
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10 of the best US road trip stopoffs – readers’ travel tipsAnyone driving in the US will encounter kitsch diners and gaudy motels, but the roads are also lined with oddball museums and unique amusements – New Testament mini-golf anyone?
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Where to stay in the 10 most popular US national parksTo 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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The market stall in Mexico where ‘Frida Kahlo’ will cook you an enchiladaLooking remarkably like the fabled Mexican artist, Beatriz Vázquez Gómez also draws crowds with her speciality cooking
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Worried Trump might win? Plan your escape to Cape Breton, CanadaA 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 Last Bookstore: a literary treasure trove in downtown LAThe 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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On the right lines: a new zipwire over Niagara FallsWe get a sneak preview of a zipwire ride above the Horseshoe Falls – one of several ways Niagara is updating its appeal
A tour of New Orleans' thriving restaurant scene