True Tales from the Pelican Statefrom the longest Civil War battle to one of history's worst man-made disastersLouisiana is well known for its spicy gumbo, Cajun music, and horrific hurricanes, but few may know why Tarzan once swung through the piney woods, how an entrepreneur used a land auction to build a town in a day, or how one man's vision drew thousands of miracle-seekers to an empty field for over twenty years.
The Oregon Trail, the route of the pioneers during the largest mass migration in United States history, was a long and difficult journey made by Americans nearly two centuries ago.
From a cross-border Confederate attack to the underdressed men from Maple Corner, It Happened in Vermont looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Green Mountain State.
Things that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulderlet your imagination run wild as you read about Maine's most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts.
As WRAL-TVs full-time feature reporter, Scott Masonthe Tar Heel Travelerhas profiled over one hundred food establishments across North Carolina and now he is sharing those wonderful places in his first portable travel guide offering readers an easy way to know where to grab a memorable bite while on their own travels across the state.
Written by a local and true insider, Insiders Guide to North Carolinas Outer Backs is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information.
Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down and provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement years.
Historic Virginia: A Tour of the States Top 75 National Historic Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state's nationally recognized historic landmarks.
For over 20 years, Geoffrey Douglas has written feature-length pieces for Yankee magazine that chronicle extraordinary stories that have taken place in New England.
New England and nearby areas in the United States and Canada have a long and storied history of earthquakes that goes back to the times of the earliest exploration and settlement of the region by Europeans.
North Carolina is rich in Native American, Colonial, and Civil War history, and this heritage brings stories of ghosts and creatures from coastal tidewater to the western mountains.
New EnglandMyths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
From prehistoric harvest rituals celebrated by early Native Americans to the terrible Flood of 1994, It Happened in Georgia looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Peach State.
From the organization of the first Arbor Day to the invention of Kool-Aid, It Happened in Nebraska features more than thirty-six history-changingevents from the Cornhusker State.
A blend of oral history and memoir with a good dose of quirky humor, Tar Heel Traveler: New Journeys Across North Carolina is a celebratory look at the people and places of North Carolina.
You may think you know the South for its food, its people, its past, and its stories, but if there's one thing that's certain, it's that the region tells far more than one tale.
No Access Washington, DC tells a story of the nation's capital through places in, near, under, over, or around the citya collection of spaces that most people don't see, can't see, rarely see, don't know how to see, or haven't seen.
Insiders Guide to Portland, Oregon is a beautiful full-color guide and the essential source for in-depth travel information for visitors and locals to this ever-growing city.
A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous New England ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.
A captivating look at the pastNew England Ruins is the collective body of work by photographer ROB DOBI and his homage to abandoned buildings across the Northeast.
Utah Curiosities brings to the reader with humor and affectionand a healthy dose of attitudethe oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the states borders and in the chronicles of its history.
The Complete Regional Guide to Craft BeerWith quality beer producers popping up all over the nation, you dont have to travel very far to taste great beer; some of the best stuff is brewing right in your home state.
