​Philadelphia also had the nation's first university, the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Packet and Daily Advertiser its first daily newspaper along with America's first post office, firefighting service, hospital, zoo and the first World Fair. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and signed in Phi...

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month takes place annually in November to formally acknowledging the important contributions made by the country's Indigenous people. The USA includes 574 federally recognized, sovereign nations, each with its own history, culture, language and customs. One of earliest recorded attempts to create a day of ...

An RV (recreational vehicle) offers the freedom of the open road with a flexibility of itinerary. America as you like it has a 14 night RV package with Cruise America to Alabama and Deep South USA. Picking up the Cruise America RV in Nashville there is the chance to head South to Muscle Shoals, the 'hit recording Capital of the World'. In between t...

Rocky Mountaineer, which operates multi-day, daytime train journeys in glass-domed train coaches, will launch a new route through Colorado in 2021. The two-day rail journey will be between Denver, Colorado and Moab, Utah, with an overnight stay in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It can also be done eastbound, from Moab to Denver. The new route will lau...

White water rafting in Yosemite Tuolumne County The wild and scenic Tuolumne comprising the Gold Country, High Sierra and northern section of Yosemite National Park is located 2.5 hours east of the San Francisco. It is California's premier wilderness whitewater destination, with the Tuolumne River providing fine whitewater rafting with many tour op...

Borestone Mountain is found in the Maine Highlands Regions near the southern end of the state's 100-Mile Wilderness forest. Uncut for more than a century, the Hundred-Mile Wilderness is the section of the Appalachian Trail running between Abol Bridge just south of Baxter State Park and Monson. It is generally considered the wildest section of the A...