Director Alex Smith, whose film Walking Out premieres at Sundance London this weekend, on his love for his home state, ‘Big Sky Country’
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Watchtowers, drones and a toxic moat: the designs for Trump’s border wall
Some proposals for Trump’s border wall may look like spoofs, but they provide a fascinating window into the lurid anxieties of middle America
Peter van Agtmael’s return to America – in pictures
The New York photographer returned from Iraq and Afghanistan to find his homeland riven with its own social issues
US tourism experiences a ‘Trump slump’
Analysts estimate that President Trump has cost the US travel industry $185m in lost revenue, with significant drop in flight searches and bookings
In search of the funkiest little town in America
On a quest to find the best alternative town in the US, this writer takes a road trip through the north-west. Along the way he finds plenty of contenders with great diners, bookshops and easy access to the outdoors, but which place gets his vote?
In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, on the trail of its old-time musical heritage
A road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Crooked Road – Virginia’s heritage music trail – reveals how the majestic landscape inspired the stars of old-time, bluegrass and country
10 of the best US road trip stopoffs – readers’ travel tips
Anyone driving in the US will encounter kitsch diners and gaudy motels, but the roads are also lined with oddball museums and unique amusements – New Testament mini-golf anyone?
World’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar in pictures
Masdar City, which is being constructed near Abu Dhabi, will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources, and hopes to become the first zero-carbon, zero-waste city
In praise of Newcastle, England
Newcastle has recently been voted England’s best city – here’s an opinion as to why this is.
Quiz on the USA
Here’s a travel quiz on the USA
Julian Worker Travel - A few ideas for your next trip in every direction 