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When Melissa Arden's American husband takes a job in rural Pennsylvania, she has to adapt to a whole new world. First, she has to find somewhere to live.

America's Pacific playground also offers natural beauty. Eric Whitehead gets off his poolside lounger and takes a challenging day-trek along Kauai’s Kalalau Trail.

In America's deep south history is important. But Richard Calderwood finds ghosts in the night taking it a step too far.

It's not all grass skirts, alohas and surf on Oahu Island, finds Joe Henley, when he meets a cultish musician in the town of Haleiwa. His advice: stay for the songs, skip the sermon.

In Colombia's kidnap capital Micol Kates lands a job teaching the children of the super-rich. But while they can ignore the poverty on every side of their sunkissed existence, he sees the city at every level.

In Bolivia Brendan van Son finds solitude, not by straying off the beaten path, but by stepping off the tour-group's daily schedule.

For most people, the Andes are best flown over. Serial adventurer Cameron Martindell thinks differently. In Peru he collects and equips a team to mount a serious challenge on a remote snow-capped mountain.

Huanchaco, coastal Peru, and Carlie Sorosiak digs deep to discover an ancient civilisation. But it's present-day Peru that really catches her attention, culminating in a memorable Independence Day binge.

Off-season Aspen, and Steve Rudd finds his progress impeded by a self-appointed patriot.

The ancient past meets a very strange present in Colorado and New Mexico. Nina Crump meets the characters who have built their communities in a harsh desert landscape.

There's more to Florida than tacky tourist offerings. John Gifford explores the fishing town of Apalachicola and the natural coastline of St George Island.

As the drugs squad take away her luggage for analysis, Karen Harris reflects on the lessons she'd learned from her holiday in Negril. Jamaica in the raw had shaken her trust.

A horseback trek with nights camping in the wild provides Eric Whitehead with a prime opportunity to bond with his family. Paradise, he discovers, can be found in the Canadian Rockies.

Mayan and Hispanic influences mingle in San Cristobal de las Casas, finds Malika Nagre as she strolls the cobbled streets of Mexico's prettiest highland town.

In Bolivia's capital the top tour is illegal: it goes inside the gates of San Pedro prison. Eoghan Macguire gets an insight into a thriving micro-economy - call it informal or call it corrupt - that has a life of its own.