Western Canada is a treasure of North America. Pastel turquoise lakes surrounded by the towering peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains – there's nowhere else like it. Here are the 15 most beautiful places you can visit in this breathtaking landscape.

Postcard-perfect mountains, turquoise lakes, and bluish glaciers opened up before us as we arrived on the Kenai Peninsula — the part of Alaska we all know from those famous, almost kitsch photographs. Before officially entering the peninsula, we stopped at the quirky port town of Whittier on Prince William Sound.

"You know we just smuggled across the border everything we confirmed we didn't have? A weapon (bear spray is considered a weapon), alcohol, fruit, and commercial products." Crossing from Canada's Yukon into Alaska turned out to be surprisingly smooth — and that was just the beginning of our wild Alaskan road trip.

It's been raining for three days straight. We're driving along what's supposedly one of the most beautiful highways in the world — the road to Alaska — but aside from a broken road and bears along the way, we haven't seen a single stunning view.

We spent two weeks camping on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Sleeping in beachside campsites and inside the Haleakala crater was an exotic experience we'd never had before — here's what camping in Hawaii is really like and how much it costs.

On 29 June, we set off on our first major road trip across North America — three months driving from Canada through Alaska to the USA. Follow along as we share where we go, what we see, and how much it all costs.