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Cowboys and honky-tonks have long defined the Tennessee capital, but Music City is in the throes of a hipster revival that now sees its art, food and drink scene get equal billing.

Santa Monica's impressive hotel choices are bolstered by the arrival of Avi Brosh's hip Palihouse.

Palm Springs, California’s desert resort, has long been the balmy home-away-from-home for the rich and fabulous. Pat Nourse dons his shades and checks out the best of this hedonist’s playground.

Move over, Manhattan: the borough of Brooklyn is where it’s at. George Epaminondas rambles from Bed-Stuy and Bushwick to Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens in our essential guide to New York’s new capital of cool.

Museums such as MoMA and the Met hold the limelight in the city that never sleeps, but less heralded cultural gems await discovery. From ancient artefacts in Brooklyn to African-American art in Harlem, David Vincent turns up a host of hidden treasures.