Bargain of the Millennium | John Warburton-Lee | United States, Alaska, Anchorage

There are few more rewarding experiences than driving a team of huskies through this vast land of mountains, spruce forests and endless silence

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Old Believers in Alaska | Vitali Vitaliev | United States, Alaska, Anchorage

Had Alaska stayed Russian and then Soviet, paradoxically, it would never have become home to the world's most obscure community of Russian outcasts

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Alaska: Los Anchorage | Richard Newton | United States, Alaska, Anchorage

Two of the remotest of the Aleutians – Attu and Kiska – were captured by the invaders and became the site of the only World War II battle fought on American soil.

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Alaska | Barbara Erasmus | United States, Alaska, Anchorage

Brochures describe it as the hanging basket capital of the world – over 9,000 plants are suspended in a blaze of colour along every street and window box

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Sacramento Ghosts | Graham Reid | United States, California, Sacramento

The legendary Pony Express riders - young men who answered an ad which read, “Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred”

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Spirit of the Wild West | Julie Miller | United States, California, Sacramento

As the mustangs see their domesticated siblings ambling along, some follow with curiosity, while others peek out cautiously from behind trees, sniffing for danger, ever on the alert and ready for flight

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Key West | Lucretia Stewart | United States, Florida, Key West

When Ernest Hemingway was asked why he had fetched up in Key West, he apparently answered rather grouchily that there was nowhere left to run to. Driving the 154 miles south from Miami, you can see what he meant

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Elvis, Paris and Soil Erosion | Julie Miller | United States, Nevada, Las Vegas

The best, however, is yet to come - as you load into a waiting chopper for a flight over the edge of the rim and into the heart of the Grand Canyon.

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Back in Vegas | Susan Miles | United States, Nevada, Las Vegas

With miles and miles of desert urban sprawl, it is not surprising to hear that the population has doubled from 1 to 2 million since last I last hit town

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Vegas Icons | Susan Miles | United States, Nevada, Las Vegas

If you arrive “groomless”, Madame Tussaud’s conveniently provides slip-on gowns and veils, a chapel and a perpetually smiling “George Clooney” groom, the original Dr Dreamy, to play out your wedding day fantasies

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