"Primrose Roads: Explore the World on its Most Dangerous Roads" is an adventure-filled journey along some of the most dangerous roads and highways in the world. It gives a glimpse of what motivates people to seek a journey along such hazardous roads and the possible rewards such a journey can offer. It takes the reader into the towering mountains of India and Asia to travel along the Khardung La Pass in the Karakoram mountain range to exotic Buddhist...

Alan Adaschik's lifelong dream was to visit Alaska, America's last frontier and a place that abounds with wildlife and unspoiled wilderness. Upon retiring, Al and his wife, Gayle, sold everything and bought a motorhome to make his dream a reality. An Alaskan Adventure, is a narrative about Al and Gayle's trip which highlights the places they visited and the wonderful things they experienced along the way. The adventure begins in Indiana. After negotiating...

An illustrated glovebox essential, Road Sides explores the fundamentals of a well-fed road trip through the American South, from A to Z. There are detours and destinations, accompanied by detailed histories and more than one hundred original illustrations that document how we get where we're going and what to eat and do along the way.Learn the backstory of food-shaped buildings, including the folks behind Hills of Snow, a giant snow cone stand in...

Filled with full-color photography, instructive commissioned maps, and advice from regional travel experts, Backroads of the Great American West is the best one-stop source for road trips that avoid eight-lane expressways and crowded tourist destinations. Forget what you think you knew about nation's greatest road trips. Backroads of the Great American West gets you off the Interstates and beaten paths with all the necessary information to take...

Have you ever wanted to know some of the unique places to stay a night out? Like spending the night in an actual teepee, or Treehouse. Maybe you are seeking the best place to get peach ice cream in the heat of the Texas day, Peach Ice cream! Well, look no further than The Funny Travel List Texas: Adventures & Unique Outings, a thorough collection of the finest local Texas spots for fun places to visit and or stay for the entire family. Featuring...

The Only Route 66 Guidebook with a Fully Integrated App! Deviate from the norm, go a bit farther, and make your trip uniquely yours. Put discovery and wonder back into your travels. Roadtrippers Route 66 celebrates life's detours and on-the-road surprises. Use this book to skip the big chains and tourist traps. Find family-owned diners, small businesses, original neon signs, and strange haunts. Dig up the weirder, funnier, more fascinating destinations...

Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 60 ghost towns along the Mother Road, rich in stories and history! The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Illustrated with gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James, this book tours dozens of ghost towns...

Henry Wharton Shoemaker's legendary guide to Penn's Cave in Centre County, Pennsylvania, includes many myths and legends sure to provide entertainment to spelunkers. This 7th edition, the first by Catamount Press, contains the following: • Preface, Introduction, and Foreword • Description • History • The Legend of Penn's Cave • Cave Panthers • The Little Postmistress • Governor Curtin's Visit • The Fountain of Youth • Riding His...

Here We Are . . . on Route 66 provides the fascinating histories of iconic landmarks and cultural touchstones associated with America's most famous highway-and celebrates lesser-known gems just off the beaten path. Spanning nearly 2,500 miles and eight states-Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California-America's Main Street has given rise to a colorful assortment of roadhouses, motels, greasy spoons, roadside...

Michigan's small towns have great stories. Little Michigan presents 100 towns with populations under 600. From the state's long mining history to its Civil War heritage, each community is charming and unique. With full-color photographs, fun facts, and fascinating details about every locale, it's almost as if you're walking down Main Street, waving hello to folks who know all of their neighbors. Plus, these small towns have their share of surprises....