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Phoenix is the sixth largest city in the United States and has pleasant, wide-open spaces with cacti, rust-colored mountains, larger-than-life sunsets and stars that you can just about reach out and touch. This desert city has an average of 325 sunny days per year and is a popular destination for...

A Tourists Guide to  Vancouver B.C. This book covers several topics including: - history - popular attractions - getting around - restaurants - popular activities and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Savannah's charm as a tourist destination is apparent in its nickname: "The Hostess City." Its welcoming atmosphere, strollable city center, and appealing Historic District dotted...

Written by locals, Fodor’s Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring two...

Destination Wine Country is a guide full of tips to planning the perfect vacation in wine country, focusing more on California, but also featuring trips to several other popular wine country locations across the world. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Somerset is a county that has it all. Ranked seventh in the UK for size with vast expanses of open, unspoilt spaces waiting to be explored. Join award winning author and photographer, Ian Brodie, on a journey of discovery through the history and heritage of the county. Uncover the stunning...

Located between the Oslo fjord and the moose-inhabited forests, Norway’s capital and largest city is a cosmopolitan melting pot. With glass-covered skyscrapers, trendy bars and royal parks, Oslo is one of the wealthiest cities in Europe and is devoted to constant development and growth.   TABLE...

Lured by the promise of land and opportunity, miners, cowhands, laborers, settlers and fortune-seekers poured into Colorado during the mid-to-late 19th Century and into the 20th. To accommodate the population boom, industrious Coloradoans built scores of hotels some elaborate, some modest, all a touchstone...

Meet the ghosts who haunt the shores of Lake St. Clair . . . photos included!   Anchor Bay is a haven for ghosts. The small towns that dot the shores of Lake St. Clair, the three Native American reservations, and the remnants of several British and French military encampments in the area all lay...

Daniel W. Barefoot’s colleagues in the North Carolina General Assembly call him their “resident historian.” Now, he’s their resident folklorist, too. North Carolina’s Haunted Hundred, Barefoot’s three-volume series, is a sampler of the diverse supernatural history of the Tar Heel State....

From the Columbia River to the Siskiyou Mountains, Highway 99 traverses 300 miles of western Oregon. Big cities and small towns, the level Willamette Valley and steep hills, rich agricultural lands and tall evergreen forests, and rushing rivers all lie along its path. Arising from an early network...

Top 25 Breathtaking Landmarks To Visit In The United States This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Ellis island site of picnics war and immigration Chapter 2: An overview of death valley Chapter 3: Construction of the golden gate Bridge Chapter 4: Golden gate park...

Fort Payne was named for the US Army stockade at the Native American village of Willstown, where Cherokee scholar Sequoyah developed his famous alphabet in the 1820s. Following the Cherokee Removal of 1838, known as the Trail of Tears, a farming settlement developed around the stockade site, and the...

From its humble beginning in 1972 when 13 hot-air balloons ascended from an Albuquerque shopping center parking lot to a stunning annual gathering of 500-plus aeronauts, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta lives on as the most-photographed air show on the planet. As you page through this...