About This Book . . . vii
chapter 1
Taking in the Scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Awesome Vistas . . . 2
Seven Beautiful Bridges . . . 12
Drives . . . 20
Train Rides . . . 32
Boat Rides . . . 41
chapter 2
Cities Great & Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
One-of-a-Kind Cityscapes . . . 52
The Big City Buzz . . . 61
Postcards across America . . . 69
chapter 3
Weird & Wonderful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Otherworldly Landscapes . . . 82
Atmospheric Places to Explore . . . 97
A Touch of Kitsch . . . 104
Caves & Waterfalls . . . 119
chapter 4
Walk with the Animals . . . . . . . . . . . 127
In the Wild . . . 128
Zoos . . . 146
Aquariums . . . 155
chapter 5
Lost in the Mists of Time . . . . . . . . . 166
Fossils . . . 167
Early Humans . . . 176
The Ancient World . . . 187
chapter 6
Windows on History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Positively Medieval . . . 219
Historic Restorations . . . 238
Native Americans . . . 252
Settling America . . . 260
Black American History . . . 271
chapter 7
War & Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Bloody Battlegrounds . . . 283
History at Sea . . . 295
World War II & the Cold War . . . 305
