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5 reasons to visit Nevada's Mesquite

Gary Trask

Nevada

Gary Trask takes a trip to Mesquite and discovers why it's become one of America's fastest growing communities and a popular destination for tourists.
America's newest park is GORGE-ous

Charles O. Cecil

West Virginia

Charles O. Cecil heads to West Virginia to experience America's newest national park, the New River Gorge, and discovers its natural beauty has few rivals.
Taking New York in stride

David Latt

New York

David Latt strolls down memory lane on a return trip to the Big Apple and rediscovers some of the neighbourhoods and landmarks that meant so much to him over the years.

Standing tall in America's 'promised land'

Karen Asp

Utah

Writer Karen Asp heads out on an adventure vacation in Utah's glorious Zion National Park and finds it's the perfect place to social distance.
California's Claremont gets passing grades

Athena Lucero

California

Athena Lucero visits Claremont, the California town that's famous for its colleges, and gets an education into its past.
Richmond’s elegant Jefferson Hotel 'wows' guests

Marc Atchison

RICHMOND, VA — The “wow” factor takes hold as soon as I walk into the palatial entrance of Richmond’s historic Jefferson Hotel —the Sistine Chapel of hotel lobbies.

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Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.

North Carolina City a True Southern Belle

Marc Atchison |

WILMINGTON, N.C. - There are few cities in America as lovely and charming as this Southern Belle.

North Carolina's Asheville a Sweet Retreat

Marc Atchison |

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - It’s still 20 minutes before 11 (a.m.) when we hop in our VW Bug rental car and make a bee line for this city’s eclectic River Arts District, where Asheville’s landmark 12 Bones Smokehouse restaurant is located.

Scottsdale has the Wright Stuff

Marc Atchison |

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - A door opens and a blast of hot desert air rushes into the spacious room with the low-slung slanted ceiling. In the doorway, an old man wearing a neck brace appears.

Scottsdale Golf is for the Birdies and Eagles

Marc Atchison |

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – I arrive at what’s called “the loudest hole in golf” and I’m greeted by silence.

FT. Lauderdale Visit a Haunting Experience

Marc Atchison |

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. - A lace curtain blows out of an upper floor window at a green-trimmed house on Riverwalk Promenade.

Miami's Little Havana is the Real Deal

Marc Atchison |

MIAMI - It’s not yet 9 a.m. but already every table in Domino Park is filled with elderly Cubans getting ready to spend another day playing their favourite game.