Located just two hours east of Los Angeles, Joshua Tree National Park is a desert getaway that boasts some of the most dramatic scenery in southern California. From the weird and wonderful Mojave Desert to the vast and stark Sonoran Desert, Joshua Tree: The Complete Guide shows readers the park’s highlights and hidden gems. Fascinating chapters on the …
Secret Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Best Hidden Travel Gems
The latest in the highly successful Journeys of a Lifetime series and the sequel to the original bestseller, Secret Journeys of a Lifetime offers in-depth site descriptions; dozens of fun, themed top ten lists; locator maps; illuminating sidebars; and oversized, lavish full-color images that bring to life 500 novel destinations that have managed to fly under the radar. …
A lavishly illustrated tour of America’s most compellingly beautiful places. The America the Beautiful series takes readers on a photographic tour of the country’s most beautiful states and most vibrant cities. Top photographers contribute their best images — from dazzling cityscapes to quiet forests — of both well-known destinations and hidden gems. Clear and informative captions bring …
Based on the popular New York photography blog by the same name with over 2.5 million loyal fans, this coffee table photo book takes you on a dream-infused nostalgic journey through New York City featuring an exquisite collection of photographs and prose. …
From the Brandenburg Gate and Neuschwanstein Castle to the Hamburg harbor and Munich’s Oktoberfest, this guide highlights the numerous landmarks and festivals to be discovered in Germany. The Dresden Zwinger, Franconia’s half-timber villages, Cologne Cathedral, and countless other churches are also captured along with more than 20,000 castles and fortresses. The country’s patchwork of unique landscapes, picturesque villages, …
With its vast diversity of land, people, and wildlife, Alaska is the last true American frontier. For the armchair traveler, those planning and dreaming of a future vacation, or those savoring a past trip of a lifetime, this spectacular volume brings together the majestic splendor of America’s largest state—591,104 square miles and twice the size of Texas—as captured …
Unforgotten New York: Legendary Spaces of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde
Captivating photographs from the present and the past take readers on a tour through New York City’s most influential cultural spaces–reminding us of what made them legendary, and revealing what has replaced them. If you lived in New York City in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, or ’80s, youwere likely enchanted by a particular, legendary place. Latenightspots like the …
Journey to the planet’s most magnificent places and see the world as you’ve never seen it before through the lenses of Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guide publisher. Forty years of passion and experience has been poured into this thought-provoking portrait of our beautiful world. Inspired by our love of travel, this lavishly-produced, landmark pictorial shares more …
Corydon was founded at the population center of the Indiana Territory. William Smith chose a ridge with a commanding view at the confluence of Big and Little Indian Creeks for his home and was comfortably settled around 1800. Territorial governor William Henry Harrison was a frequent guest, giving his name to the county that was later established. Corydon …
Cincinnati earned its nickname of “Queen City of the West” with a wealth of fine theaters and hotels, a burgeoning brewery district and the birth of professional baseball. Though many of these treasures have vanished, they left an indelible mark on the city. Revisit the favorite locales from old Coney Island to Crosley Field. Celebrate lost gems, such …