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Eric Whitehead has visited every State in America, but Arizona is one of his favourites. So he returns to take a hike.

Lindsay Salt finds there’s still snow piled up when she visits Colorado’s historic narrow-gauge railway linking Durango with Silverton. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

From British Colombia Eric Whitehead heads west, to the isolated First Nations outpost of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the mainland where the past is allowed to hold sway.

When Teja travels to Easter Islands the locals do a double-take. Southeast Asian and a Muslim? Now that’s something new.

Bonnie Lynn bonds with the great cetaceans as she visits a whale sancturary on Mexico’s coast,

Eric Whitehead continues his journey north into Canada’s most remote Northwest Territories and finds the road surface quickly deteriorates.

Misled by maps, Teja assumes Easter Island will be small enough to walk around. It isn’t. But with no money for a rental car she sets off on foot anyway.

Northwest Canada’s a bad place to be stranded when your plane breaks down. Not least if you’re chasing Caribou and weighed down with 700lbs of camera equipment. Peter Mather straps on his skis.

Lindsay Salt finds culture and adventure on Mexico’s Yucutan Peninsula, with Mayan ruins mixing with natural wonders. Photos, as ever, by David Grimble.

There’s so much to see in North America it’s hard to know where to start. Jack Carter says the major urban hubs are a good introduction.

Paul Woollacombe finds plenty of reasons to visit America’s most glamorous State, Well, five, anyway.

Armed with a new University degree, Caleb González plunges into Mexican street food, unveiling a cuisine and a culture all at the same time.

Mexico proves an excellent winter getaway for Bonnie Lynn, who finds there’s plenty to do beyond the beach.

Hurricane Irma devastated Tortola, leaving yachts wrecked across the island. But Claire Shefchick reports that the local yachties refused to give up on their annual race.

Eric Whitehead can’t miss the temptation of a good long road. Here he drives across Canada from Dawson City to Inuvik.

The gem of Central America, Costa Rica, finds Adam Jacot de Boinod one of it’s most enthusiastic and appreciative guests.

Bhupender Gupta finds his Alaskan cruise an ideal way to reach Juneau.

Bhupender Gupta sets off on a reassuringly expensive cruise that leaves Vancouver and heads up to Ketchikan.

Eric Whitehead heads into the Pacific to discover the mysterious death of Easter Island, where a culture that could carve – and move – 80-ton stones inexplicably vanished.

Geoff Steward finds the taxi drive to his ritzy eco-lodge quite enough to form some firm opinions about Costa Rica, often proclaimed the happiest country on the world.

Geoff Steward has a sabbatical planner. That must be why he’s sent on an Alaskan cruise. His first day in Juneau is an unwelcome introduction to the world of cruising.

Colombia’s not known for its deserts. But an Andean Valley creates a rain shadow that statistically means they have one. But when Yuri Drobkov visits it rains.

As part of his very planned Sabbatical, Geoff Steward hires a guide to show him Washington State’s most famous cities, on America’s Pacific coast.

Forget the Grand Canyon. Eric Whitehead finds that Antelope Canyon, in Navajo land, is far more spectacular.

Geoff Steward finds America’s border police are exactly as humourless as their reputation describes. And his taxi driver supports Trump. It’s not a brilliant introduction to the USA.

The holiday destination of the Dominican Republic shares its island with Haiti, so Yuri Drobkov decides to cross one of the world’s poorest countries to try to get a boat out. It doesn’t exactly work.

Coloma, California, in 1833, and a gunfight in a brothel leaves the Madam dead. Daniel A. Métraux uncovers a sad tale.

Offseason in Chilean Patagonia and the hiking trails are closed. Eric Whitehead finds that keeps the crowds away and lets him enjoy the wilderness experience.

Even though he neither gambles nor sins, Bhupender Gupta finds plenty to keep him busy at Nevada’s iconic temple to pleasure, the desert city of Las Vegas.

The Trans-Labrador Highway is a challenge for any driver. Eric Whitehead heads out across the developed world’s last remote frontier.

South Carolina is one of America’s lesser-sung states. Susan Meloni sets out on a road trip around some of its stranger attractions.

If your plans to visit Nevada go awry, there are plenty of other American destinations that offer similar opportunities. Paul Woollacombe has a roundup.

It shouldn’t be forgotten that Spain was just as keen to colonise America as Britain. Daniel A. Métraux examines their colonial legacy in the state of California.

Rather than driving from one viewpoint to another, Bonnie Lynn decides to spend two weeks rafting the watercourse responsible for digging out the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River.

There’s more to Canada than maple trees and mountains. Paul Woollacombe says there are gambling opportunities as well.

Chasing the eclipse brings Chris Edwards into contact with bits of America she never knew existed.

Canada’s remote logging, fishing and hunting communities are still served by a tramp cargo vessel that steams up and down the Gold River and along Canada’s Pacific coast. Alongside 65 tons of cargo Lindsay Salt loads herself. Pictures, as ever, by David Grimble.

In quieter times Chris Edwards revisits North Carolina’s Outer Banks, reliving childhood experiences of stress-free sunny vacations before today’s hurricane threats.