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Yes but depending on where you're from, you MUST apply for a visitor's visa. Once approved you will show the officer your visa along with your permanent resident card when crossing the border.

Edit: To "Piano Jan". He is a PERMANENT RESIDENT not a Canadian citizen. Depending on where he is from, he will have to apply for a visitor's visa to enter the United States.

That depends on what country you come from and whether or not that country needs a visa. If yes then you MUST still apply for a visa.

Even as a PR in Canada, you still need a visa to visit USA. The PR card has NO status in USA at all.

And yet the USA has demanded Canada to allow green card holders free access to Canada with no visas required. That is SO NOT FAIR.

Presuming ALL needed legal forms for both countries are filled out, then sure. It's, in general quite simple to visit/vacation in the US/Canada, from Canada/the US.

No. You need to check the visa requirement based on your citizenship of passport.

Canadian Citizen doesn't need visa becuase Canada is participant of Visa Waiver Program.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1262...

You can go anywhere you want for vacations.