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The colours of Sedona.

America’s most beautiful city is unlike anywhere else

Sedona is like a greatest-hits package of the world’s most beautiful cities, all rolled into one.

  • David Whitley
The Strip from the air, with Sphere over on the right.

A notorious reputation, but here’s why ‘the Strip’ is genuinely good

You don’t need to gamble a single dollar to get the most out of the experiences available on Las Vegas’ main drag.

  • Ben Groundwater
The Delta One suite.

This is the best way to fly between Australia and the US

With its private check-in, stunning new lounge and business suites with closing doors, this US airline outdoes the competition.

  • Craig Tansley
Club sandwich with fries… the perfect post-plane meal.

This is the ultimate room-service dish after a long flight

You’re jet-lagged, you’re tired, you’re hungry and you just want some food. What’s it going to be? The answer, for so many of us, is a club sandwich.

  • Ben Groundwater
The Hoover Dam from above.

One of the world’s weirdest cruises is in the heart of a desert

Amid the woozy desert haze springs an incongruous streak of blue. Lake Mead is the most mirage-like thing I’ve ever seen that turns out to be real.

  • David Whitley
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Pre-game partying at Levi’s Stadium, San Francisco.

The best thing about American football happens before the kick-off

Tailgating is a spectacle unique to American football. Rain, hail or shine, nothing stops the pre-game party.

  • Kate Allman
In the 1980s New York, and the US more generally, was hypnotic.

I lived in America for 10 years. Now I don’t even want to visit

With the Aussie dollar down and big changes in the US, there are many more fascinating (and affordable) places where we can spend our money.

  • Lee Tulloch
US Border Control officers in Washington, DC.

Entry to the US gets easier (for some)

Entry to the USA is about to get easier – for a select group of Australians – but there’s already a scheme for smoother entry not many know about.

  • Michael Gebicki
You can tour the iconic US Capitol Building for free.

Seven highlights of the majestic (and infamous) US Capitol Building

As the 47th president celebrates his inauguration, here’s what to see at the epicentre of American democracy (and yes, the site of the attack on January 6, 2021).

  • Kate Armstrong
London Bridge was moved from London to Lake Havasu, Arizona, brick by brick.

How London’s most famous bridge ended up half a world away

London Bridge is falling down? Not quite – it was disassembled and reconstructed brick by brick in another country.

  • David Whitley

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