Whether it's hiking, skiing, cycling or rock climbing you're into, this state has outdoor activities covered.

A snowmobile is an unwieldy beast, with handling a far cry from his 250cc motorbike, finds Andrew Louis.

Walking along a cobbled alley, I come a across a Victorian pet shop with a huge snake in the window.

The angels sing for Leena Tailor as she pairs good wine with good food.

Put a serious dent in your wallet at one of these top shopping haunts.

Leena Tailor gets on her bike and works up a taste for Santa Monica fare.

Those mad Steamboat Springs locals sure know how to have a good time, writes Andrew Louis.

Cloverdale's Friday Night Live is a vibrant, buzzing experience, writes Alex Robertson.

Big-name museums, monuments and markets are on offer in the capital of the United States.

Jack Barlow visits the Louisiana museum devoted to a singer who shook our nerves and rattled our brains.

It's amazing what Americans get up to in the corn rows, writes Pamela Wade.

Landing top talent is getting so tough in Silicon Valley that tech companies are trying anything for an edge, including hiring interns out of high school and boosting their perks.

The man who became an internet-sensation after his mug shot went viral on social media has had to face court in California, according to multiple media reports.

Stretching along the Atlantic Coast from Savannah to the border of Florida, some of Georgia's islands are developed, others remote.

Rob McFarland spent five days braving menacing rapids and feasting on the banks of Idaho's Salmon River.

Berkeley, California, could become the first US city to tax sugary drinks. The Berkeley City Council unanimously decided to put the 1-cent-per-ounce tax on the ballot this year.

‘Handsome felon’ Jeremy Meeks has been taken on by a Hollywood talent agent.

Hit the road and take in some spectacular scenery on these American highways.

A New Zealander has given evidence in the Florida trial of a man who allegedly forced women into becoming high-end prostitutes.

Kate Silver joins a half-hour queue at possibly the most popular sno cone stand in Tennessee.

A US congressman was replaced by a robot body double after he was secretly executed, and the results of a recent vote should be thrown out, his opponent has claimed.

From igloos to heli lodges in the Canadian wilderness, Jennifer Ennion looks at three of the Northern Hemisphere's top snow hotels.

James Robinson goes on a fruitless celeb hunt at the Sundance Film Festival.

A bumper corn harvest in 2013 means stockpiles in the US, the world's biggest grower, are rising at the fastest pace in nine years.

His toddler son was left for seven hours in a car in the summer heat. Now the decision to charge a US dad with murder is proving controversial.

Head to the capital of Massachusetts for a dose of history and some great events.

Fallingwater is standing the test of time despite doubts, says Heather McCracken.

In the mid-1990s, Gus, a polar bear in the Central Park Zoo, alarmed visitors by compulsively swimming figure eights in his pool, sometimes for 12 hours a day.