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National Geographic's People and Places feature provides a short overview of the destination and include a Features section with related articles, photos, and videos, depending on the destination.

Travel + Leisure Magazine's guide to the greatest hotels worldwide as selected by its team of reporters and editors.

Weatherbase provides historical weather information such as "average number of day above 90," "average number of days with thunderstorms," and other similar types of data.

Department of Transportation websites often provide information on road construction and other traffic related information.

Official state websites often have a Visiting section that provides travel information such as festivals, state parks, popular destinations, and travel conditions.

Tourism websites often list lodging, attractions, restaurants, and events information. The sites may also contain scenic byways and maps.

Frommer's Forums for US are divided into states, and all the messages relating to a state are presented in a list that makes it easy to browse through the topics.

Frommer's has put a substantial amount of content online, making Frommers.com a good resource for travel planning. The site is easy to navigate since all the destinations are organized by similar topics such as "Getting There," "Restaurants," and "Suggested Itineraries."

Virtual Tourist has user reviews on topics such as Hotels, Things To Do, Restaurants, Local Customs, Nightlife, Off the Beaten Path, Tourist Traps, Transportation, ... etc.

Gayot's Restaurant Guides provide detailed restaurant reviews and rate restaurants on a scale of 1 to 20. For many cities, Gayot also provides Best of lists, such as Best Seafood, Best Romantic Restaurants, Best Heart-Healthy, ... etc.

IGoUGo is a travel review site. The reviews are organized into "journals," which are a collection of reviews by an author about a trip, such as reviews on hotels, restaurants, nightlife, experiences, photos, ... etc.

Destination New Orleans
Author Pableaux Johnson shares his experience of Hurricane Katrina. The good news - don't cancel your 2006 Mardi Gras plans just yet.

Podcasts of Traveler Magazine's selection of the world's greatest walking tours. The podcasts last about 20-30 minutes.

Review site with hotel reviews and candid photos posted by users.

From Lonely Planet
In New Orleans, a week before Fat Tuesday, you can hear Mardi Gras coming a mile away....click for full article

From Lonely Planet
Mixed tapes - remember them? Before heading off to update the New Orleans City Guide, I made mine....click for full article

From Lonely Planet
In the weeks and months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, toppling levees, flooding 80% of the city and forcing Americas greatest urban exodus since the 1861-65 Civil War, updated information about its on-the-ground reality was sorely lacking....click for full article

From Lonely Planet
It's taken a little while, but travellers are finally returning to New Orleans....click for full article