This revised and expanded second edition serves as your tour guide to the monuments and memorials, traffic circles, parks, and Arlington National C...

The Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also known as the "Turquoise Coast", is rich with natural beauty and historic remains. In the spring and summer ...

Ten measures of beauty descended to the world; nine were taken by Jerusalem. Talmud, Kiddushin 49b Ever since King Solomon built the Holy Temple on...

More than 250 beautiful color photos, anecdotal text, and historical perspective make this a lively read. Enjoy the majesty of Virginia's beautiful...

This small-format book captures on each page a new colorful image that lets you relive your visit to Nantucket for years to come. This treasury of ...

Nantucket, that beautiful island thirty miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has been nicknamed "The Gray Lady." This 48 square miles of real es...

Discover the nature of an Amazonian country far off the beaten track …Suriname is a treasure trove of natural riches. The most densely forested cou...

From High Point State Park to Victorian Cape May, from the Palisades cliffs to the Delaware River, the state of New Jersey has a varied and interes...

New England is a land of evocative grandeur, defined by its remarkably varied terrain, history, culture, and renowned weather. This book binds thes...

New England's landscape offers a remarkable array of natural diversity in a compact geographic area. From the alpine mountains and expansive lakes ...

Whether planning a vacation, moving, or a resident of the Granite State, this book provides a compact view of lush landscapes, annual events, and o...

Tour New Jersey's southern shore. Comprised of fifteen beach communities including Atlantic City, Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Ava...

Ancient, mysterious, magical New Mexico is also elusive, retiring from the camera's eye. Yet here is a portrait gallery that shows New Mexico in de...

Take a journey through Manhattan neighborhoods with this colorful collection of New York City photographs and postcards. Learn about the history th...

Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, thes...

A souvenir, a gift, or a portable way to immerse yourself in the island charm of Oak Bluffs, this small-format book captures on each page a new col...

Explore the first seventy-five years of Ocean City, New Jersey's grand history through this postcard pictorial. History comes alive with over 250 b...

Ocean Drive in South Beach, Florida, is one of the most thrilling and entertaining roads in the country. It comes alive in this new, groundbreaking...

This is the second volume of a series of ten books that discuss the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that accompany th...

A historic overview of the parks the Olmsted companies created in New Jersey primarily for the county park commissions in Essex, Union, and Passaic...

Brooke Allen first travelled to Syria in 2009, expecting it to be much as American news media routinely depicted it -- an ultra-conservative Muslim...

Along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the beach and the infrastructure supporting it continue to be the area's economic engine, however, the region’s...

Everyone knows there's much to see and do in San Francisco. But what, exactly, are those things? Use this book to decide what you want to visit. Ca...

The mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, California, is presented in 30 bright, colorful postcards. In Palm Springs, the desert environ...

Rachel Cartland came to Hong Kong in 1972 as one of just two female expatriates in the Hong Kong Government's elite administrative grade. Before sh...

Paris, one of the world's great cities, has a long and rich tradition of embracing people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. For over two centuries, Af...

Striking full-colour guide to Arizona's national parks, monuments, historic sites, recreation areas, state parks, and national forests. Bound in wa...

California's natural attractions include some found in the ocean, the desert, and every type of terrain in between. From Yosemite to the Redwoods, ...

With their sensitive eye for natural beauties, the Indians called their river The Moonshell. When the French explorers first poled up its waters, t...

Philadelphia has a style unto itself, birthed from two of its founding fathers and well-known citizens, William Penn and Benjamin Franklin. This bo...

Over 490 nostalgic color and black and white picture postcards and vintage photographs from the 1890s to the 1980s present the history of Long Beac...

Travel along the California coast from San Francisco to San Diego and visit the many pleasure and fishing piers just waiting to be discovered and e...

A concise, full-colour visitor’s guide to dozens of historical churches scattered throughout Vancouver Island, from humble country chapels to soari...

The perfect resource for planning a quick snowshoeing adventure in the heart of Canada’s glittering Rocky Mountains. Snowshoeing continues to be on...

There is a lot more to Calgary than its reputation as an oil boom town might suggest. With the Bow River coursing through the city and the 1988 Oly...

Portrait of the Pacific Rim is a photographic tour of the awe-inspiring sights and activities on the far edge of Canada. The wild, raw beauty of th...

In 1636, theologian Roger Williams landed in Rhode Island and "having a sense of God's merciful providence unto me in my distress, called the place...

From Georgetown to Harpers Ferry, through Hancock, to Cumberland, get an intimate, mile-by-mile look at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hi...

The Provence is the richest wildlife region of France. Whether you consider the flora and fauna in detail or simply take a broad view of the landsc...

Provincetown, Massachusetts, one of America's favorite tourist destinations, attracts sightseers from around the world. The sights and memories of ...

California offers travellers a gold mine of railroad points of interest. California has it all: narrow gauge, logging railroads, cable cars, trolle...

Just mention Colorado to the avid rail fan and you have their interest; add the term 'narrow gauge' and you have their undivided attention. Why thi...

There is nothing more enjoyable than a vacation at Delaware's Rehoboth Beach. Every day during the summer, Rehoboth is a gracious and welcoming hos...

The Rhodope Mountains lie in Southern Bulgaria on the border with Greece and Turkey. This is the region where continental, temperate and Mediterran...

Take a virtual tour of scenic Rocky Mountain National Park, and the resorts at Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colorado. See historic lodges and lakes, ...

In October 1995, a conference of physicians, scientists, and polar explorers was convened at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, Engla...

Archival postcard views and modern photos are combined to show what has changed to the buildings and locations of San Antonio. The Alamo is promine...

Sanliurfa, or Urfa for short, has been renowned as a centre of trade and culture for centuries, situated as it is at the crossroads of various trav...