Advice on taking the family to the US for a five-week roadtrip of a lifetime.

Sam Wetherell rides the rails across America and meets a colourful cross-section of US society.

Alice Jones suggests a two-day itinerary for the west coast city of Vancouver.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

Less than two hours' drive north of Manhattan is the beautiful and historic Hudson Valley - home to America's oldest continuously operated inn.

Eveline Harvey is awed by the splendour of a world-renowned national park.

Established in 1890, this national park in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1984. Its spectacular waterfalls, extensive hiking trails and immense granite formations attract millions of visitors each year.

Andrew Austin soaks up Palm Springs.

This Californian landmark celebrated its 75th birthday in May 2012. In honour of the occasion, nzherald.co.nz readers sent in some of their best snaps of the world-famous bridge.

Shelley Bridgeman goes where the wind takes her on a return visit to New York.

The most north-westerly city in the contiguous US, Seattle is a port but is separated from the Pacific coast by the forested bulk of the Olympic Peninsula. Famed for its coffee culture and being the birthplace of grunge, Seattle is gleefully idiosyncratic and a great place to spend a few days.

Chris Leadbeater suggests a two-day itinerary for the contiguous USA's most north-westerly city.

Daniel Richardson joins tourists in Las Vegas probing a grisly murder.

Rebecca Gibb takes a foodie tour of San Francisco.

Obey orders and you'll survive famed West Point, writes Rob McFarland.