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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.

In addition to standard listings on attractions, restaurants, and lodging, Fodors.com has a section called "Features" that are specific to the destination. For example, the Features section for Paris has articles titled "Cheese Primer," "Bistro to Brasserie," "Pampering Spas," . . . 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 Las Vegas
Viva What Vegas? Not content with blackjack and yards of margaritas, Janet and Jane go off-strip to discover The Other Vegas.

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

Robin Leach tells you what to do and see and where to stay for a fabulous, over-the-top weekend in Vegas.

From Travel + Leisure Family
Published October 2001
No teenager could help but love this psychedelic city, where the roller coasters rise 900 feet, the shopping is 24/7, and the entire world-from Rome to Egypt-is a footstep away. Our duo, Reggie and Justine, tell how to hit the jackpot...click for full article

From Travel + Leisure Family
Published March 2004
It's three o'clock on a blistering Nevada afternoon, and you're clinging to the edge of the craps table, praying this run of luck will continue. Do you know where your kids are? Your best bet: the pool.

Las Vegas casinos all look pretty much the same once you're parked on a vinyl stool with a scotch in hand, but the pools are a different story....click for full article