6 Challenging Adventures in Nevada

Nevada is a playground for adventurers, from easy beginner activities to experiences that challenge you to the extreme. Throughout this geographically diverse state you’ll find everything from sprawling desert landscapes to snow-capped mountains where you can experience the beautiful outdoors. Nevada has something for everyone, whether you're into hiking, snow sports, flying, climbing, or water…

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The best beyond Boston: top day trips from the city

Boston is rich with historic sites, artistic venues, swanky restaurants and outdoor adventure, and if you want to keep exploring, there’s even more to discover in the areas surrounding the city. Battle sites, beaches, colonial landmarks, creative outposts and of course seafood – plenty of seafood! – are all within striking distance of Boston and…

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10 things only Scottish locals know – and you should too before traveling there

Jam-packed with hidden glens, haunted castles and cryptic lochs, overrun with mind-boggling festivals and melodious bagpipe players, and soaked in peated whisky, gin and rain, Scotland can be as baffling as it is brilliant. This country specializes in astonishing travelers at the same time as confounding them, delivering a double punch of euphoria and disbelief.…

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Pick Niagara-on-the-Lake over Niagara Falls

Often maligned as tacky, dingy and disappointingly kitsch, Niagara Falls suffers a bad rap. Recently, it has even had to fend off the dubious distinction of being named Canada’s worst tourist trap. But as a long-time Ontarian (albeit one who now lives full-time in Paris), I’m throwing out an unpopular opinion: anyone who berates the…

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