Advice on seeing the USA on a budget and who to complain to if a trip promoted by a travel agent over-promises and under-delivers.

Sin City's charms are more alluring than ever, discovers Megan Singleton.

Outspoken KISS legend Gene Simmons announces US tour, and dishes out some harsh words for Rihanna in the process.

A B&B in the wilds of Montana offers hospitality to wolves as well as humans, writes Rhys Davies.

In what space weather forecasters have called the most potent solar storm since 2004, the Northern Lights' colourful display was stronger than usual, leaving spectators in awe of the shimmering skies above North America and Europe.

Photographer talks of bloodbath in Sicily 20 years after murder of anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone

Launched in July 2011, this luxurious ship cost about $900 million to build and features state-of-the-art innovations including hireable cabanas decked out with picnic hampers, iPads loaded with music, movies, games and magazines and glass elevators that zoom up and down the central atrium around a live tree suspended in mid-air.

In February 2012, the US state of Arizona celebrated its 100th anniversary. Click through the gallery to see some of the state's notable landmarks and scenic gems.

The sixth-biggest US state is an Italy-sized expanse of often unforgiving terrain that acts as a bridge between conflicting elements of the North American continent.

Pop matriarch Madonna denies tweaking the title of her new single because of legal pressure from Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis.

A person's height and body mass should be used to measure a nation's wealth and wellbeing, says a researcher. Professor Les Oxley

On California's Highway 1, Hollywood is never far away, finds Ewan McDonald.