Durham sits in the Piedmont of North Carolina, where a university city, a historic factory district and miles of river woodland meet within a short drive. The city pairs the Gothic stone of Duke University with the red brick factory buildings of the American Tobacco Campus, and quiet river trails with a lively downtown of…
Fargo sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North as the largest city in North Dakota, a compact prairie city built around a railway crossing, a university and a walkable downtown of museums, theatres and historic buildings. The city was founded in 1871 at the point where the Northern Pacific Railway…
Madison sits in south central Wisconsin as the capital of the state and the seat of Dane County, a compact city in the centre of a chain of four lakes. The city was founded in 1836 and named for President James Madison, and it has served as the capital since 1838. Government and the University…
On a clear morning in Irvine, the orange balloon at the Great Park climbs above the greenbelts while the great wheel at the Spectrum Center turns slowly against a pale blue sky, and families on bicycles follow long cycle paths past parks, museums and farm stalls. Irvine sits in the centre of Orange County, in…
Baton Rouge sits on the east bank of the Mississippi River in south east Louisiana, where the state capital, a large university city and a river port meet in one compact downtown. The riverfront holds museums and a historic warship, and plantation homes, gardens and a zoo lie a short drive from the centre. These…
Oakland sits in the East Bay region of Northern California, east of San Francisco and across the bay from the San Francisco Peninsula. The city grew from oak groves that gave Oakland a name into a modern city of museums, historic houses, redwood parks and neighbourhood food streets. Oakland rewards a slow first visit, with…
Fier greets a first time visitor with a quiet market town centre, wide squares, and a road that leads in minutes to one of the great ancient cities of the Balkans. The city sits inland in southern Albania, on the fertile Myzeqe plain, and it works best as a slow base for history, mosques, museums…
Huntsville sits in the Tennessee Valley of north Alabama, where a large natural spring, wooded mountains and a world famous space programme meet in one compact city. John Hunt settled beside the big spring in 1805, the town took the name Huntsville in 1811, and the city served as the first capital of Alabama in…
Pogradec greets a first time visitor with calm water, mountain air and a slow rhythm that feels far removed from a busy city break. The town sits on the south western edge of Lake Ohrid in south eastern Albania, close to the border with North Macedonia, and the lake shapes daily life here, from the…
Salt Lake City greets a first time visitor with mountain air before the street grid has time to explain itself. The Wasatch Range rises along the eastern edge of the valley, the Great Salt Lake shimmers to the northwest, and unusually wide streets run between them. The best things to do in Salt Lake City…