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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARK LODGES - The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges is utterly comprehensive, describing lodgings from the Ahwahnee in California's Yosemite National Park to Zion Lodge in Utah. Fine hand-sketched illustrations show travelers exactly what their dollar will buy them. The Scotts provide essential information on rooms, rates, locations, seasons, food, facilities, and activities for each entry in long, detailed passages, as well as in bullets for quick reference. Consider it the Lonely Planet of park guides: "North Rim or South Rim? The two sides of the Grand Canyon are so different that they share little other than the same canyon and river. The more popular South Rim has easier canyon access, more facilities, and many more visitors.... Vistas from the North Rim seem more intimate, and fewer people will be standing next to you straining for the same view." Going far beyond the dry, encyclopedic style one might expect, this guide offers descriptions of furnishings and amenities--so you'll know if your room will have a TV and a sofa bed, or if you'll need to bring your own wood for the fireplace. Whether you're planning to view geysers at the Old Faithful Lodge Cabins in Yellowstone or take a gander at Kilauea from Volcano House, the oldest continually operated hotel in Hawaii, The Complete Guide will tell you everything you need to know, and more. Landmarks in the Landscape : Historic Architecture in the National Parks of the West - The romance of the West is nowhere so compelling as in its irreplaceable architecture. A silvery log cabin perches at 12,000 feet. A steeple-topped chalet resides beside an alpine lake. From the Olympic Peninsula to the Grand Canyon, we discover faded dreams from the past. The culmination of a decade of research, LANDMARKS IN THE LANDSCAPE unveils this oft overlooked national treasure. A MUST GET FIVE STAR TREASURE .. GET IT NOW .. National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the United States (3rd Edition) - It's impressive how much National Geographic can squeeze into a small book. Each entry tells how big the park is, describes its flavor, indicates when it's best to go and how to get there, and includes an elegantly useful map. A detailed tour of the sights includes glorious pictures (450 total), highlighting the best of each park. But practicalities are not neglected: entries include headquarters' addresses and phones, entrance fees, facilities for the disabled, accommodations, pet regulations, and what there is to do. And so it goes for each of the 54 parks--it's a gem of a guide. this too is a five star recommended selection, and national category best seller America's Hidden Treasures : Exploring Our Little-Known National Parks (National Geographic Park Profiles) - Great news for vacation planners and armchair travelers: the first volumes in a new line of softcover national park profiles detail the sights and experiences awaiting visitors to our nation's wildlands Exploring Canada's Spectacular National Parks (National Geographic Park Profiles) - by Raymond Gehman (Editor), National Geographic Society Blue Ridge Range : The Gentle Mountains (National Geographic Park Profiles) - This pictorial celebration of the Blue Ridge Mountains is also a tribute to the region's efforts to protect the beauty, rich tradition of folk crafts, and the perspectives of its people. Yosemite an American Treasure (National Geographic Park Profiles) - by Kenneth Brower . Yellowstone Country : The Enduring Wonder (National Geographic Park Profiles) - The author of Grand Canyon Country now roams the vast region that comprises both the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks--an exquisite land filled with forests, thundering waterfalls, hot springs, and geysers. Featuring detailed maps Grand Canyon Country : Its Majesty and Its Lore (National Geographic Park Profiles) - by Seymour L. Fishbein, Kenneth Brower (Artist) Canyon Country Parklands : Treasures of the Great Plateau (National Geographic Park Profiles) - focusing on the 130,000-square-mile wilderness dubbed "the Great Unknown" by Major John Wesley Powell in 1869. Now shared by Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, this area includes dazzling mesas and buttes, soaring stone pinnacles and arches, and daunting deep canyons and cliffs State Parks of the United States : National Geographics Guide - More than 200 state parks in all 50 states are skillfully reported on in classic National Geographic style. Each section includes a park overview, driving directions, suggestions for what to see and do, and camping and lodging ideas. After these parks were chosen from the recommendations of state-park directors, National Geographic sent regional travel writers to work exploring, collecting firsthand details, and gleaning insider information from park staff. Clearly marked maps are easy to use and lead the reader through many of the selections, detailing important sights, trails, and campgrounds. National Geographic's Guide to America's Historic Places - National Geographic sent 14 researchers to assess America's historic and prehistoric sites, culminating in more than 2,500 restorations, battlefields, colonial villages, and other relics of the country's glorious and notorious past--with directions, maps, driving and walking tours, and 250 sensational pictures. The sites include standards (Lincoln Memorial, sculpted by Daniel Chester French in 1922, for instance) and lesser-known secrets (such as Mary Todd Lincoln's House in Lexington, Kentucky, where she lived from 1832-1839). This volume is an uncharted national treasure for the vacationing history buff National Geographic's Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways - traveler's guide introduces two hundred road-tested driving tours throughout the fifty states, providing descriptions of scenery, points of interest, and history, as well as complete directions, four-color maps, mileages, and more Road Trip USA : Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (1st Ed) - The New Roadside America : The Modern Traveler's Guide to the Wild and Wonderful America's Tourist Attractions - Roadside America is a Baedeker to the junkiest attractions on America's major, minor, and nearly forgotten highways. Planning to see Graceland? Why not let this delightful volume direct you on the complete Elvis tour, including a miniature "Elvis City" in Roanoke, Virginia; the Elvis-theme McDonald's in Elvis's birthplace of Tupelo, Mississippi; and the Elvis Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Learn about the Curse of the Pyramids, and see the many unfinished pyramids that litter America's heartland. Jump into the debate about which town has the largest ball of string, the biggest tree stump, or America's true weather-forecasting groundhog. The locations of giant statues of the Jolly Green Giant, an "African village" in South Carolina claiming to be an independent kingdom, and the mysterious "Thing" of the Sonoran Desert are all found here. Buy it and drive west, young trendies. Eat Your Way Across the USA : 500 Diners, Lobster Shacks, Buffets, Pie Palaces, and Other All-American Eateries - Where can you find real Texas barbecue? Who serves the best oyster po' boys in Louisiana? Which Iowa diners are worth a detour? Where can you go in Montana for a blow-out splurge? Let intrepid culinary adventurers Jane and Michael Stern take the guesswork out of what and where to eat when traveling across America with this compendium of restaurants and eateries on and off the beaten path. Little Museums : Over 1,000 Smal (And Not-So-Small) American Showplaces - Forget about your Picassos and Cézannes. What you really need to know is where the Mustard Museum is (answer: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin--displaying some 1,700 kinds of mustard) or the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices (downtown Minneapolis). Thanks to the research of Lynne Arany and Archie Hobson, the country's bizarre and obscure museums--including the Barbie Hall of Fame and the Goodyear World of Rubber collections--are collected in one magnificent, if somewhat strange, volume. It canvasses the back roads and major highways of the U.S., is organized alphabetically by state, and includes an index by category as well as an index to virtual museum Web sites. Useful for the traveler who wants an alternative to the main drag or seeks destination inspiration Offbeat Museums : The Collections and Curators of America's Most Unusual Museums - The author asked - did the world really need a book calling attention to America's strangest museums? Did people really need to know that their recreational options include the Menstruation Museum, the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum or a museum showcasing jewelry made from hair? Was it any body's duty to point on that in America there are exhibits such as a toilet seat covered with lost keys, a fluid-preserved tumor from President Grover Cleveland's jaw, or the smelly gym shows of Dr J., even if he was one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived? YOU BE THE JUDGE. America's Strangest Museums : A Traveler's Guide to the Most Unusual and Eccentric Collections - They're weird, they're wonderful, and over 100 are in this book. Essential for travelers who want more than a routine itenerary. 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