Home turf and the open road: stories from a country of contrasts. Alaska’s glaciers and Arizona’s saguaros, quiet ghost towns and the spectacle of Hollywood, Thanksgiving in New York and sunsets on Maui. From sailing the San Juan Islands to setting out on the Great American Roadtrip, we explore wild landscapes and crowded cities, national parks and roadside diners, finding stories in the people and places that make America, in all her diversity, a lovely land of contradictions.