Road trips USA: Pacific coast
Insiders' guide to America
In a recent series of road trips, we hit the highways and byways of America to bring you local insight into a vast and varied landscape
Portland's painted streets
Portland's vibrant road-painting projects, which aim to bring the community together and improve road safety, have become a greatly valued part of the city's landscape
A local's view of Portland - in pictures
Portland, Oregon, is one of the quirkiest and most forward-thinking cities in the US – it even has its own show, Portlandia, dedicated to gently mocking the city's hipster pretensions. Award-winning local photographer Susan Seubert gives us a whistlestop tour of the northwest's capital of cool
California dreaming - searching for the soul of surfing
Author and journalist Michael Fordham made a 500-mile road trip along the Californian coast in search of the history of surfing. He kept a pictorial diary of his trip, capturing the characters and locations on the way
California road trip: surfing the perfect wave - video
Michael Fordham, author of the The Book of Surfing: The Killer Guide, travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles in search of the heart of American surf culture
Top 10 bars in San Francisco
San Francisco's bars are made for drinking it all in. Take your pick from a speakeasy within a speakeasy, tiki and cocktail bars, and even family-friendly soda and ice-cream hangouts, writes Noelle Chun
Pacific coast TwiTrip: day five – as it happened
Find out how day five of the road trip down by the Pacific went, as Jacob Steinberg and Friends explored San Francisco, taking in Golden Gate Park, the Mission district and the Lombard Street challenge
Pacific coast TwiTrip: day four – as it happened
Find out how day four of the road trip down by the Pacific went, as Jacob Steinberg and Friends finally made it from the town of Eureka to San Francisco, taking in the Avenue of the Giants and Highway 1 along the way
Top 10 budget hotels, hostels and B&Bs in San Francisco
Pacific coast TwiTrip: day three – as it happened
Pacific coast TwiTrip: day two - as it happened
Relive day two of our road trip down the west coast of America as the Jacob Steinberg Experience rolled from Astoria to Portland via Cannon Beach. Your tips helped them get drunk and educated along the way
Pacific coast TwiTrip: day one - as it happened
Find out how the first day of Jacob Steinberg's road trip through the west coast of America went, as he made it from Seattle to Astoria, stopping off in Olympia along the way thanks to your tips
WHY?'s San Francisco road-trip playlist
Top 10 cultural hotspots in Portland, Oregon
San Francisco's City Lights: the bookshop that brought us the Beats
Top 10 live music venues in Seattle
Top 10 budget hotels and hostels in Seattle
Top 10 views and scenic stops in the US
Pacific Northwest: bicycles, bookshops, weirdness and coffee
Top 10 budget hotels, B&Bs and hostels in Portland, Oregon
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