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Atlanta to get its own big wheel

Downtown Atlanta will soon look a little more like London, after a decision to allow the construction of a 20-story Ferris wheel.

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iol travel may 16 disney world
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Disney visitors ‘pay disabled to skip queue’

Wealthy parents are hiring disabled ‘tour guides’ to help them avoid long lines at Disney World.

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iol travel may 8Travel-Trip-Wisconsin-Stinky Cheese
AP

Wisconsin, home of world’s stinkiest cheese

The sign might well add: Don't eat it in close proximity to anyone you wish to remain friends with.

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A woman walks along the beach in Tulum, Mexico. Mexico's top tourism official said the country may drop out of the top 10 tourist destinations, a spot it has held for years.

Mexico’s top 10 status in jeopardy
March 20 2013 at 07:44

Top tourism official says the country may drop out of the world's top 10 tourist destinations - a spot it has held for years.

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File photo: Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the US side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Daredevil to take on Grand Canyon
March 19 2013 at 14:13

The Grand Canyon is one of the most-visited tourist destinations in the US - and it’s firmly in the sights of tightrope artist Nik Wallenda.

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A visitor to Capilano Park takes pictures of The Lions' pointed peaks covered in snow.

Life in world’s most livable city
March 18 2013 at 14:17

Only 48 hours to visit the Canadian city of Vancouver? Nicole Mordant tells you where to go, what to eat, and what to do.

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This image released by AMC shows Bryan Cranston as Walter White at the fictional restaurant Los Pollos Hermanos in a scene from season 2 of the AMC series Breaking Bad.

It’s Albuquerque, Breaking Bad style
March 18 2013 at 08:03

A pastry shop sells doughnuts topped with blue candy; a beauty store has crystal blue bathing salts - welcome to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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The full moon is seen over the snow covered McGillivray Pass Lodge located in the southern Chilcotin Mountains of British Columbia.

British Columbia's fresh frontier
March 13 2013 at 14:19

Simon Usborne explores a corner of Canada that reveals peculiar delights.

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Loungers for the sun-soakers in a great spot to relax.

Fun in sun at edge of US
March 12 2013 at 07:52

Many of the people who come to Key West to play inevitably believe they would like to stay, writes Samantha Hartshorne.

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Offshore powerboats make the turn in Key West harbour. PICTURE: AP

Pictures: Key West
March 12 2013 at 07:51

Like the prize pendant on a charm bracelet, this paradise is the final islet that dangles on the end of a chain of quays off the sunny US state of Florida.

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Airline passengers whose flights are delayed will get fewer rights under new proposals from the European Commission.

Two hours to clear customs in US
March 11 2013 at 12:57

Travellers arriving in the United States are likely to face longer lines for a passport stamp.

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Soul food in a street market in Harlem.

Food for the soul in Harlem
March 4 2013 at 08:13

Head to the hood for a real taste of New York, writes Charlotte McDonald-Gibson.

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Participants watch the flames from El Pulpo Mecanico during the Burning Man Fertility 2.0 arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

Burning down the house
February 18 2013 at 14:20

The Burning Man festival has been dubbed by some as a ‘playground for the extravagant, the absurd and the lunatic fringe in society’.

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