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Colourful shops in Skagway.

Port Guide: Skagway, United States

Bordellos, bars and bad behaviour: one of Alaska’s most popular and atmospheric ports has quite the tale to tell.

  • Brian Johnston
Cenote in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

The 25 new must-do highlights of North and Central America

The intriguing contrasts are endless: vast, rugged landscapes and high-tech cities, arid deserts and tropical rainforests, ancient cultures and a Bitcoin-based economy.

  • Kristie Kellahan
Airspace across parts of the Middle East closed on Monday morning.

Travel plans disrupted by the war? Your insurer is unlikely to help

The closure of one of the world’s busiest regions for international airline traffic has caused massive disruption to travel plans – and your insurance might not cover you.

  • Michael Gebicki and Craig Platt
French sophistication… the lobby.

New York hotels don’t get much more central than this

The hotel’s central midtown Manhattan location means an easy walk to Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Bryant Park and more attractions.

  • Kristie Kellahan
The Adiyogi Shiva statue is 112 feet (34 metres) tall, an allusion to the 112 chakras of the body.

‘Arc de Trump’? The 20 most over-the-top buildings ever constructed

The US president’s proposed monument would join a long and rapidly growing list of structures we could probably do without.

  • Chris Moss
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Fjord adventure … exploring Alaska’s national parks by Zodiac.

Before Greenland: The vast territory the US bought for just $7.2 million

Greenland isn’t the first frozen region to pique an American president’s interest.

  • Catherine Marshall
Grand Junction, Colorado.

The underrated US city with a ‘mini Grand Canyon’ and few tourists

Grand Junction offers unrivalled access to three of Colorado’s most dramatic wildernesses.

  • Rob McFarland
Kilauea erupts.

The jaw-dropping national park where lava erupts into the sky

Covering more than 1300 square kilometres, the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a surreal, ever-changing landscape.

  • Angela Saurine
Boycotting a destination hurts the wrong people.

Why I won’t be boycotting the US this year

There are plenty of reasons to want to avoid travel to the United States right now. But here’s why I won’t be doing that.

  • Ben Groundwater
Castle Geyser, just along from Old Faithful.

How to avoid the crowds at the most popular US national park

All you have to do to avoid a whopping 98 per cent of the crowds in Yellowstone National Park is walk.

  • Craig Tansley