Synopsis Patricia Shultz follows up her best-selling 1000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE with a new travel book tailored for those travelers who want to stay in the United States and Canada. These are some of the marvels of the world--both on and off the beaten track--and you can get to all of them by car. Subterranean grottos, cowboy poetry readings, an ice hotel in Quebec--these and hundreds of other irresistible locations are listed, accompanied by all the information a reader needs to get there.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2007-06-07 |
| Size | | Length: | 1183 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 35.2 oz |
Publisher's Note It's the phenomenon: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die has 2.2 million copies in print and has spent 144 weeks and counting on The New York Times bestseller list.
Now, shipping in time for the tens of millions of travelers heading out for summer trips, comes 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die. Sail the Maine Windjammers out of Camden. Explore the gold-mining trails in Alaska's Denali wilderness. Collect exotic shells on the beaches of Captiva. Take a barbecue tour of Kansas City—from Arthur Bryant's to Gates to B.B.'s Lawnside to Danny Edward's to LC's to Snead's. There's the ice hotel in Quebec, the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, cowboy poetry readings, what to do in Lexington after the Derby's over, and for every city, dozens of unexpected suggestions and essential destinations.
The book is organized by region, and subject-specific indices in the back sort the book by interest--wilderness, great dining, best beaches, world-class museums, sports and adventures, road trips, and more. There's also an index that breaks out the best destinations for families with children. Following each entry is the nuts and bolts: addresses, websites, phone numbers, costs, best times to visit.
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