North America

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in north America, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Andy Mossack stays at the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, perched above San Antonio's version of Venice  Hotel Valencia River Walk riverview room 2

Hotel Valencia Riverwalk. Discover the Venice of Sam Antonio.

The Alamo, a top Texas attraction is less than a 10-minute walk from the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, which stands looking down on the San Antonio River Walk

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Burnham houses Milwaukee

Frank Lloyd Wright Trail. Wisconsin has never looked so good.   

Wisconsin, where Wright was born, created his dream home and designed some of his most iconic buildings, has created an official Frank Lloyd Wright trail

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Lee's Fried Chicken and Donuts Houston by Donna Dailey 7

Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts. Extraordinary Fast food fine dinng.

Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts serving the fast food equivalent of fine dining, if I lived in Houston I’d never eat at home. And if you’ve never had fried chicken stuffed in a donut and dipped in bacon jam then, believe me, you haven’t lived.

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LBJ Library Austin Texas 5

The LBJ Presidential Library. Discover Austin’s brilliant LBJ LIbrary

Lyndon Baines Johnson was Vice President when Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, and so found himself leading the country during the stormy years of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement.

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Mike Gerrard stays at the Lone Star Court in Austin

Lone Star Court. Discover The newest retro boutique hotel in Austin

We’d found what sounded like the perfect place to stay in the state’s capital: Lone Star Court. Does that sound like the perfect Texas hotel or what?

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Michigan beyond Detroit.

Beautiful Michigan Beyond Detroit

Michigan is a real surprise . Literally a peninsula of extraordinary beauty, surrounded as it is on three sides by the Great Lakes and 3,200 miles of freshwater shoreline.

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