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New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Diego San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC

BERMUDA

• Lonely Planet's Destination Bermuda outlines the history, culture, attractions and spills unbiased travel info.
• The Bermuda Sun is a great source of online news, and has employment ads for those who can't let go of their holiday idyll.
• Bermuda Online, published by the island's main newspaper the Royal Gazette has background info aimed at introducing (and selling) the island to potential visitors.
• Always Dreaming of Bermuda is a self-styled 'labor of love' with cheesy Beach Boys background music, an animated fish (watch it too long and you'll get dizzy) and a mess (take it both ways) of links to travel, weather, entertainment and sports pages relating to Bermuda.
• A Brief History of the Devil's Triangle takes a level-headed approach to the Hoodoo Sea. Most of the other Bermuda Triangle sites are mysteriously 404.

CANADA

• If you blow your own trumpet on the SubWWWay - it naturally leads to Lonely Planet's Destination Canada.
• Canadiana: the Canadian Resource Page is a staggering list of links to all things Canadian.
• Canada Online's Travel Canada section has an extensive selection of hotlinks to locations all over Canada, details of Canadian customs regulations and addresses of tourist information centres.
• You can participate in a national issues forum on The Globe and Mail - the online version of the Canadian newspaper.
• Statistics on all things Canadian can be found on the Statistics Canada site. There are also hotlinks to government servers.
• The Quebec Government Tourist Site is a pretty little trip through this part of Canada - in French and English.
• Well Known People Who Happen to be Canadian is a looong page of links to famous Canadians who you probably thought were American, including the likes of Pamela Anderson, Jim Carrey, David 'I'm not normal' Cronenberg, the Crash Test Dummies, Joni Mitchell, Jason Priestley, Keanu Reeves, William Shatner, gorilla-plaything Fay Wray and those beasts of rock Bachman-Turner-Overdrive.
• For a great big list of just about every hostel in Canada and heaps of general hosteling info, visit Backpackers' Hostels in Canada.

MEXICO

• Lonely Planet's Destination Mexico: reliable travel info with a twist of limón. s
• The Maya/Aztec/Inca Center is a fascinating repository of research into Mexico's ancient civilizations.
• 1000 Travel Tips gives you down to earth practical advice and honest assessments on Mexico's major tourist attractions.

USA

• It's harder to avoid US sites than it is to stumble into them. For travel information about specific US destinations crank up your favorite search engine.
• For a slinky overview, check out Lonely Planet's Destination USA.
• Roadside America is a combo of the kooky, the spooky, the nostalgic and the wondrous stuff you'll find on American highways and byways.
• For fresh American journalism and opinion crack open Salon Magazine; and for issues, culture and a summer of wanking, Word kicks on.
• In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, Legislative Information on the Internet has the full text of the US Constitution, updates on current bills and hot topics in Congress and the community.
• StoneE's Web Lodge points you in the direction of Native American history, lore, art and culture.
• The Grand Canyon National Park Home Page has river running ideas, camping and hiking information and even a rundown on employment opportunities in the area.

ALASKA

• First subWWWay stop is Lonely Planet's Destination Alaska.
• Alaska Travel Guide is a slick site with travel information, community profiles and the lowdown on events like the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages have compiled a list of Alaska's Wildlife Refuges.
• The Guide to Southeast Alaska has all you need to know about travel, tourism and adventure in this busy corner of the state.
• The Oil Spill Public Information Centre has put together a great site detailing the tragedy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989, including species by species reports on the current status of the spill area.

HAWAII

• Get washed up on Lonely Planet's Destination Hawaii.
• Moon's Big Island of Hawaii is a cleverly linked mass of info including travel, people and special topics
• Planet Hawaii is a lively and varied site with interesting features and insights.
• Let the Coconutboyz show you round Internet Island, a sweet 'n' daggy mix of travel stuff, recipes, lingo and luaus.
• Hike Hawaii has some pretty good walking and camping links.
• The Aloha Insider is way slick. It's got good tips and travel information for those on a comfortable budget.

ATLANTA

• Lonely Planet's peachy-keen Destination Atlanta is your first stop on the subWWWay.
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covers the town.
• Creative Loafing has an offbeat angle on the city, including an encyclopedic 'Best of Atlanta '98.' There's also a Creative Loafing site for Savannah.
• The Atlanta Convention & Visitors' Bureau is over the top, but you'll find plenty of info here.
• The Guide to Gay Atlanta gives the gay perspective on the city.
• Check on upcoming shows and jam sessions at the Atlanta Blues Society.
• Plan on spending a lot of time in Buckhead? Then you'll want to spend some time at Buckhead.
• Plan your light rail route at the MARTA page.

AUSTIN

• Two-step out for a night on the town with lanky Lonely Planet's Destination Austin.
• The City of Austin website is a wise choice for getting a local overview.
• For a little bit of everything, from entertainment listing to local news, the Austin American-Statesman's Austin 360.com is hard to beat.
• Getting in with Austin's gay and lesbian community is as easy as visiting the Cornerstone Community Center.
• Busting out on a local bus means a trip with Capital Metro; if anyone can, they'll steer your course true.
• Want to know what your belly'll be up against come mealtime? Tie on a bib and take a gander at Virginia Woods' Cookbook Crop.

BOSTON

• Make your first stop on the cyber-T Lonely Planet's Destination Boston.
• If you want to get the news, buy a car or check the Sox box scores, try the Boston Globe On-line.
• Get in touch with the hip side of the Hub of the Universe at the Boston Phoenix, which has great restaurant and events listings.
• When the finer things in life have got you down, there's always the Museum of Bad Art, where other people's trash is, well, your trash, too.
• When the public stalls at the Common are full and you've been kicked out of all the bars in town, you'll be glad to know there's a Wicked Good Guide to Boston Restrooms.

CHICAGO

• Take the El to LP's Destination Chicago.
• Yahoo Chicago has scores of links to sites in more than 20 categories relating to the city, plus its own extensive guides.
• A vast site maintained by the Chicago Tribune, Digital City Chicago contains a wealth of information about Chicago and its events, attractions and more.
• The Official City of Chicago Site has everything from airport information to public safety - and a good calendar of city events.
• The Reader is the city's main entertainment weekly, with pages of cultural news and schedules.
• The Art Institute of Chicago site has detailed information on major shows up to several years in advance.
• On the Museum of Science & Industry site, a time-lapse movie shows the popular live chick-hatching display.

DALLAS

• The Dallas Observer has great entertainment and restaurant reviews and features about the city.
• The Dallas Entertainment Guide is chock full'a info, but there's precious little perspective on what's good and what ain't.
• Routes, schedules and a nifty Shockwave map at the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) site will help you find your path to heat and happiness.
• Say hello to Big Boy at Fair Park's Age of Steam Railroad Museum. .
• The Science Place, also in Fair Park, has listings of upcoming events.
• Can't tell your Pigeon Berry from your Frog's Fruit? Hit the Texas Wildflower page.

DENVER

• Feel that Rocky Mountain high at Lonely Planet's Destination Denver.
• The Rocky Mountain News' Inside Denver is the city newspaper's view of the local haps.
• Westword, Denver's leading arts and entertainment weekly, compiles a yearly Best of Denver list of readers' picks.
• Artsy is as artsy does, and no one in town does it like the Denver Art Museum.
• Seen too many DiCaprio tabloid headlines? Meet the original Titanic star at the 'Unsinkable' Molly Brown House Museum.
• Riding the rails has never been easier. Have your ticket punched at the Denver Rail Heritage Society.
• Sick of the slopes? Give your bod a rest while browsing the stacks at one of the best bookstores anywhere, the Tattered Cover.

FORT LAUDERDALE

• Come to Lonely Planet's Destination Fort Lauderdale, where every day's spring break.
• The hotel and dining listings at the Fort Lauderdale Visitors' Guide make that site a swell second stop.
• The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau is another handy reference page.
• If you find you're in a bind at bedtime, look to the Hotel Guide Fort Lauderdale for pointers.
• Broward County's Annual Calendar of Events is a good place to really get local.
• Alright, it had to be included: For the lowdown on the showdown, Spring Break in South Florida is your goggle-eyed view of all the hottest happenings. Don't forget your shades, dude.

HONOLULU

• The sun never sets on Lonely Planet's Destination Honolulu.
• Bikini-culture ain't classy enough for you? Visit the Honolulu Academy of Arts and grab a glimpse of the local highbrow hangout.
• The fantastic Bishop Museum is Hawaii's main museum of natural and cultural history, where 'Hawaiiana' means more than jiggling hula dolls and pucca-shell necklaces.
• The USS Arizona Memorial is Hawaii's most visited monument - their website tells you all you'll need to know to avoid the madding crowds.
• Hotfoot it to the real heat with the official website of the Honolulu Marathon.
• Everything you need to know to get from A to Z is just a ride away on TheBus.

HOUSTON

• Take your boots off and sit a spell at Lonely Planet's Destination Houston.
• The Houston Chronicle is an excellent source of info on the city.
• Get networking on the Houston Information Access Discussion List, which features a searchable archive.
• Keep your finger on the financial pulse at the Houston Business Journal.
• Rice University maintains an excellent page of Houston links.
• Keep up with the local music scene at Space City Rock.
• Get a head start on your space (center) trip at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
• Looking for Pavlova on the bayou? Find an Aussie steakhouse and lots of other chowdowns at the Houston Restaurant Guide. Don't expect much guidance, though - it's strictly name, address and phone number.
• Hops heads will love the page on Locations for fine beer in the Houston area.

LAS VEGAS

• Lonely Planet's Destination Las Vegas will help you prepare for the shock of neon and active volcanoes.
• Although those 'news' links mostly lead to puff pieces (and the opening of a senior center is a 'hot topic'), the City of Las Vegas site has a lot of practical info.
• The 'Home of the World's Largest Graphics Display System' by any other name would still be Glitter Gulch. Have a Fremont Street Experience and find out how you can sponsor your very own neon landmark.
• Couldn't get to the Nevada Watercolor's Society's Spring Show last year? Fret not - you can visit the virtual gallery at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Barrick Museum On-Line.
• Keep track of everything from the Japan Festival to the Harley-Davidson Mile and a Half Tour at Las Vegas Events.
• The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun cover just about every angle of the local scene.
• The Hoover Dam site is brimming with maps, diagrams, stats and photos on the history, workings and features of the monolith. Detailed info on the dam's artificial lake is available at the National Park Service's Lake Mead National Recreation Area page.
• If you're wondering how to play Keno, the 'Sucker's Game,' or where to buy a one-armed bandit, go no further than The Nevada Gambler.

LOS ANGELES

• Give yourself a screen test at Lonely Planet's Destination Los Angeles.
• Get the inside scoop from the LA Weekly and its Best of LA listings.
• Break in your walking shoes before you arrive by taking the USC Geography Department's Downtown LA Walking Tour.
• Give the bairns a break with the city government's LA Just for Kids.
• What do Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney and WC Fields have in common (besides Hollywood)? Find out at Historic Cemeteries of Los Angeles.
• Rivers? In LA? You don't even have to get wet to cruise the Los Angeles River Tour.
• For a local's-eye view of some of LA's most overrun attractions (and the best times to see them), take Talking Horse Trail.
• Steer clear of the rush hour by checking CalTrans' online real time traffic reports.

MIAMI

• For a look at Miami without the pastels, there's only one vice: Lonely Planet's Destination Miami.
• The Miami Herald is a top American newspaper and a good source of information on all of Florida, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America.
• For up-to-the minute information on what to do in Miami, head for Miami.Com.
• Voodoo Highway is an online calendar listing of music and alternative goings-on in the Miami area.
• Take a whirlwind virtual tour of Miami via Miami VR.
• Juicy, gaudy and totally trendy SoFla.com is dedicated to making the scene in South Miami Beach. Don shades before clicking.

MINNEAPOLIS & ST PAUL

• The official city soap boxes - @ Minneapolis and the St Paul Convention & Visitors Bureau - do a good job with the basics.
• Pioneer Planet is the popular online version of the Twin Cities' Pioneer Press newspaper.
• Love is bigger than government, you can't legislate against stupidity, there are no dumb questions - wise words from the official web site of Governor Jesse Ventura.
• Some people can't get enough of Garrison Keillor and his Prairie Home Companion radio show.
• Check out the Siberian TigerCam and take a virtual tour of the Minnesota Zoo.

NASHVILLE

• We'll twang our own geetar: Destination Nashville is your first stop on the subWWWay.
• The Nashville Digest is a news site with lots of well-organized links.
• Check the forecast at Intellicast's Nashville Weather page.
• The Insider's Guide to Nashville is pitched to locals and relocators, loaded with information on everything from childcare to worship to weekend getaways.
• CitySearch Nashville has good entertainment listings, community info and links.
• Always wondered who said 'That that is round can be no rounder'? Find out at the BlueShoe Nashville Travel Guide. It's a slightly mystifying virtual tour of the city, littered with photos and useful links.

NEW ORLEANS

• Son of a gun, gonna have some fun with Lonely Planet's Destination New Orleans.
• For the all-in-one virtual New Orleans experience - from histories of its landmark buildings to the best of the modern city - visit New Orleans Online. If nothing else, go there for the live audio link to Free Radio New Orleans.
• The Gambit Weekly's Best of New Orleans bills itself as the repository for 'everything worth knowing, doing and seeing in the Big Easy.' At least they aren't shy.
• Travel bug biting hard this week? Sift through the bins at the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum and see if you can't find something to get your mojo risin'.
• Not that anyone in New Orleans ever has trouble figuring out where to party themselves sick, but NiteBeat sure sets you off in the right direction.
• Though native New Orleanian DJ Chuck Taggart now spins in Los Angeles, his excellent Gumbo Pages website sticks close to his roots, featuring sounds from cajun and zydeco to insurgent-country twang.

NEW YORK

• If you don't know your Bronx from your Battery, hit Lonely Planet's Destination New York.
• There's little that the New York City Reference page doesn't cover - from also-ran ads to hip-hop e-zines.
• If it's happening in New York, chances are you can find out where and when on the New York City Culture Guide & Calender.
• The newspaper of record has a pretty good website, too. The New York Times on the Web has good travel resources, readable tech talk and useful web links, in addition to its outstanding US and world news coverage.
• Go underground to New York City Subway Resources, where you can tour the faded glory of the city's seldom-seen abandoned stations, or unravel the arcane mysteries of the system's signal lights. There are also route maps and schedules.
• Dig Manhattan's 19th century 'center of vice and debauchery' at The Five Points Site. You can sample the archaeology, history and geography of one of the city's most storied (and sordid) neighborhoods.
• Headed upstate? Visit the I [Heart] NY page, the official home of New York State tourism.

ORLANDO

• Mouse ears not required: Lonely Planet's Destination Orlando.
• Downtown Orlando is pitched to the locals, with a lot of info on gandering and gobbling far away from the theme park crowds.
• The Florida Space Coast website reveals that there's a lot more to Central Florida's Atlantic beaches than the 'right stuff.'
• Digital City Orlando is pretty slick, with reviews, chat, listings (limited) and message boards (sports, mostly). The coolest part of the site is the Community page, where you can take a virtual 3D tour of Lake Eola and track hurricanes.
• Go2 Orlando (once known as 'Theme Park Central') is the sister site of the above - it's heavily theme-park oriented and many of its links don't work yet, but it's got a message board and other nifty gadgets and promises to be good soon.
• EventGuide Orlando is an easy choice for a quick whassup, featuring sports, music, theater and other happenings about town.

PHILADELPHIA

• Get a dose of our brotherly love with a big squeeze from Lonely Planet's Destination Philadelphia.
• Philly's Independence Hall Association keeps their website well stocked with juicy tidbits of historic interest, including links to the Edgar Allan Poe and Betsy Ross museums.
• All you've ever wanted to know about the Liberty Bell (and probably a good deal more) is yours for the askin' at the Liberty Bell Virtual Musuem.
• The US has the world's largest Jewish population? Who knew? If you didn't, you'd be meshuga to miss the National Museum of American Jewish History.
• Feeling antsy about your trip? Is waiting really bugging you? Wait till you get a look at the website of the Philadelphia Insectarium!
• No place to wear that black turtleneck? The Philadelphia Museum of Art offers a world-class permanent collection and an always impressive lineup of temporary shows.
• If you're still scrambling for something to do, check out the Convention Center Visitors Guide, which has detailed listings of current local events and distractions.

PHOENIX

• When the smoke and ashes clear, fly first to Lonely Planet's Destination Phoenix.
• The Arizona Central news site covers Phoenix and the central part of the state.
• AOL's Digital City Phoenix has some events listings, restaurant info and such but it's buried in fancy search engines and condensed into cutesy top-tens. They do put the weather forecast smack on the front page, though.
• Cleanse your cyberspirt at the Virtual Sedona City Guide.
• The Heard Museum has some beautiful on-line exhibits of Native art.
• Get local news, entertainment and restaurant info from the Phoenix New Times.

SAN DIEGO

• Cowabunga, brah, Lonely Planet's Destination San Diego is smarter than your average surf monkey.
• It's about as slick as sand in your suntan lotion, but the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau website is nonetheless slathered with information about the city, its happenings and all things touristy.
• For the visitor on the go-go-go, San Diego Insider gives a good look around the area's sports, arts and entertainment scenes.
• Virtual tours of the city's neighborhoods are offered by the HomeTown Free-Press.
• The San Diego Surf & Weather Page serves up the skinny on the hottest spots to hang out or hang ten. Righteous, dude.
• Disabled travelers will appreciate Accessible San Diego, which provides information on many of the city's accessible attractions and services.

SAN FRANCISCO

• Don't get lost in the fog, visit Lonely Planet's Destination San Francisco.
• Can't decide where to point your browser next? Visit Z San Francisco for a smorgasbord of Bay Area interests and activities.
• Backing up the alphabet, Q San Francisco voices a gay community perspective on life in the City.
• If a trip to the Wharf left you doubting the touts, turn to the towers of SF Station for a listing of the city's real happenings.
• Not even the death of the Dead could bring an end to the Summer of Love. From purple haze to mellow yellow, you'll find it here in psychedelic tie-dyed splendor.
• Roving with Rover? From dog parks to canine-friendly hotels, Dogs by the Bay has everything but a map of the city's fire hydrants.
• To get your fill of Bay Area news and gossip, peek into BayInsider.Com. Or, for those who prefer their news-slant a smidge steeper, you might turn to the SF Chronicle/Examiner's The Gate.
• The Bay Area Transit Information Project provides everything you need to know to make your way around the bay and beyond.

SEATTLE

• Better than strong coffee on a foggy morning: Lonely Planet's Destination Seattle.
• A warehouse-worth of information is packed into City of Seattle Public Access Network, including maps, transportation options and events schedules.
• Megalithic Microsoft's Sidewalk Seattle offers a customizable breakdown of Chairman Bill's hometown. When in Rome....
• For an antivenin to the Sidewalk perspective, sneak a peak at Caustic Seattle, one man's 'unflinching urban guide to Seattle living.'
• If you haven't already read anything by the Mad Monks, you're in for a giggle. You won't come away knowing much more about Seattle, but you'll be so opinionated, who's gonna care?
• For a head-spinning virtual tour of the Seattle area, visit VR Seattle and prepare to be dizzy.

WASHINGTON, DC

• Get briefed at Lonely Planet's Destination Washington, DC.
• One of the best papers in the country, the Washington Post has comprehensive and up-to-date info on all that stirs within the Beltway.
• Those whose curiosity runs to morbid can ogle the derringer John Wilkes Booth used to plug President Lincoln, the house where Lincoln expired and other macabre factoids at the National Park Service's Ford's Theatre page.
• Though it bills itself as 'DC's online art and entertainment city guide,' the Fiesta Page doesn't pave an easy path to info on what's on. But they do a fine job of pointing you toward interesting attractions and links to other DC sites.
• Save those dead presidents and find out 101 Free Things to Do in DC.
• Whether you hate maps or just love gadgets, you can punch in your beginning and ending stations on the Subway System of Washington, DC computer, et voilà! - your route is served.
• Rate the local coffee houses, check the forecast or chat with your fellow DC-minded surfers at the DC City Pages.