Travel in county White Pine

Nevada has set its sights on a different kind of tourism. Rather than tout the famous casinos of Las Vegas, the state’s tourism division, Travel Nevada, is pushing rural tourism and the natural beauty of the state. 

In Bangor, Maine, a framed birth certificate of Paul Bunyan hangs in the city clerk’s office.

A life-long fan of destinations that revolve around spending time in the water, Lonely Planet writer Isabella Noble recently returned from a restorative trip to Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario. Here, she shares a snapshot of her time spent swimming, canoeing, hiking, sunset-gazing, wildlife-spotting, and more.

The Nevada Division of Tourism is launching a 10-year plan to entice convention and conference visitors away from Las Vegas to other regions in the state.

Chicago has enough cloud-poking towers, rockin’ live-music clubs and world-class museums to keep you occupied for weeks, but just beyond city limits, you can also scale sand dunes at a national park, rev a Harley and amble around wineries.