Although Rick Steves' main content features European destinations and trips, the travel expert recommends visiting this U.S.

A river rafting trip to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in all of North America, brought this writer and his stepfather closer together.

Rafting here is a mix of everything ... The Lost Trail Ski Area, located roughly an hour from Salmon, straddles the Montana-Idaho border and serves up runs that cross state lines.

I heard Idaho had a big primitive area ... The trick to all this was that I had the time and money to go rafting all summer. Working on a commercial crab boat in Alaska during the winter allowed ...