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The Mt Rushmore Marathon course attracts an international field and features a 2000-foot descent over 17 miles, a pine forest backdrop and enough mountain air to fuel everyone to the finish.…
California's oldest wine producing region, Sonoma Valley boasts numerous growers and wineries that are well equipped to accept wine tourists. Just 45 minutes' drive north of San Francisco, the…
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Celebrating Thanksgiving Day, Macy's colourful parade is one of New York's best. It features clowns, floats, marching bands and plenty of celebrities. Gigantic helium balloons shaped like…
Winter Restaurant Week in New York City
For two weeks every winter, thousands of New York City's best restaurants offer lunches and dinners at greatly discounted prices.
The biggest sporting spectacular in the United States, the NFL's Super Bowl takes place at Miami's Dolphin Stadium in 2010. Numerous supporting parties and events are sure to keep the city…
The Mardi Gras in New Orleans is one of the largest, most famous and most spectacular parties in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of revellers each year. Expect flamboyant 'krewe'…
In a city of parades, this is the daddy. New York's spinal cord, 5th Avenue, hosts the largest street parade in the city every St Patrick's Day as thousands of Americans of Irish descent march…
The US Masters is one of golf's four Major championships and every player dreams of wearing the green jacket awarded to the winner. Spectators revel in the beauty of the flowering trees and…
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival attracts a plethora of international headline acts every year with performances spread over two weekends. Concerts take place at the Fair Grounds…
An astounding 400,000 spectators pack the famous Brickyard Oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the legendary Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, or Indy 500. Grab a grandstand seat to…
Pebble Beach Golf Links hosts the 2010 US Open Golf Championship. A highlight of the world's sporting calendar, the tournament is one of golf's four major championships and moves around the US…
Pride is the largest annual celebration on San Francisco's world-famous gay scene. The march along Market Street is a colourful explosion of gyrating bodies and noise, and one of the biggest…
Where better to celebrate Independence Day than in the US capital? After a parade featuring 100 marching units along Constitution Avenue, the popular music begins. There's a programme of…
Summer Restaurant Week in New York City
New York City is blessed with thousands of fantastic restaurants. During Summer Restaurant Week (which actually stretches over two weeks) some of the very best offer three-course prix-fixe…
Burning Man is an annual gathering of some 25,000 people in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Named after the effigy burnt on the final night, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the brave, the…
The US Open takes place at the USTA National Tennis Center, more commonly known as Flushing Meadows, in New York City. One of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis, the US Open is the last…
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, Florida, is one of the world's premier vacation destinations, with entertainment on offer for all ages and tastes. Magic Kingdom was the first part of…
As natural land formations go, they don't get much more impressive than Arizona's vast, ancient chasm - the Grand Canyon. Travelling the mile from the rim to the floor gives you a climate…
Dip into outer space at the fascinating Houston Space Center, brought to you by NASA. Here you can watch IMAX films, feel what it's like to walk on the moon and experience the various…
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum complex, comprising 16 world-class museums. Head first to the original building, which contains a visitor centre to help you get your…