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For ideas on some possible tour destinations and topics, first see Itinerary Ideas. Then return to these Destination pages where we have begun to give you links to explore specific cities and destinations that might be part of your itinerary. For nationwide and global lists of "Categories" of destinations (e.g. Jazz Clubs, Museums, etc.) see below. For lists by region, see index to left. We are always adding to these lists. Please let us know the type of destinations you are interested in!
DESTINATIONS:
U.S. Nationwide
and Global Searches
TABLE OF CONTENTS Linking to Full Information Below
Global City Guides and Tourist Offices
- Global City Guides and Tourist Offices
- National Parks
- Additional Park and Nature Info
- Events, Fairs & Festivals
- Historic Places
- Music, Museums and Culture
- Workshops and Courses
- Big Science
National Parks
- U.S.; Canada; Mexico; Europe; and all other
Travel information about destinations, reservations, business travel, cruises and tours, family travel, frequent flyer, outdoor adventure.*
- Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory
"The TOWD is your guide to official tourism information, an index listing only official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, and similar agencies. No travel agents, no tour operators, no hotels."*
Events, Fairs & Festivals
- U.S. National Park Service General Information
- U.S. National Parks by State
- U.S. National Parks by Name
Regional Maps with
Links to National Parks within Regions:
- in California and the Pacific
- in the Desert South West
- in the Pacific North West
- in Alaska
- in the Rocky Mountain Region
- in America's Heartland
- in the North East
- in the South East
Additional Park and Nature Info:
- US National Parks by NPCA
"The National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) is America's only private nonprofit citizen organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. An association of "Citizens Protecting America's Parks," NPCA was founded in 1919 and today has more than 500,000 members." Check out this site to search by state for national parks and find out all you need to know before you visit and a whole lot more.*
- National Park Trails
"Trail opportunities for a wide range of activities. From walking to bicycling, horseback riding to snowmobiling, mountain biking to backpacking, cross country skiing to jogging, canoeing to retracing historical travel routes, trails are used by all types of people in settings ranging from urban, suburban, and rural to wilderness. This web page was created to serve as a starting point to assist you in identifying trail opportunities across jurisdictional boundaries and across the nation."*
- National Scenic Byways Online
"National Scenic Byways Online provides travelers with current, detailed information about scenic byways throughout the United States."*
- Deserts in the USA
"DesertUSA contains images, stories, movie and audio clips, virtual reality tours and hard data about, virtually any desert-related topic: plants, animals, geology, cultural and natural history, recreation, parks, cities, travel and people."*
- VolcanoWorld
If you want to know more about volcanos, or want to find out if one getting ready to erupt in your favorite vacation spot, visit VolcanoWorld.*
- Wild and Scenic Rivers
"Whether the Wild and Scenic Rivers System grows or not, there are many rivers already protected for you to enjoy. Grab a flyrod, load the kayak on the car, slip on your most comfortable walking shoes. Get out there and savor your natural heritage. But go slow, and enjoy every minute of your trip to the river. Because of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, you've got the time."*
- Birding Around the World
If you want to do some birding on your next trip, this site contains links to information about birding around the world.*
- Whale Watching
"By watching the whales you can prolong the life of cetaceans as a species. This may be the last chance before they say goodbye for this Planet." Everything you wanted to know about whales but were afraid to ask. Look here for a comprehensive list of whale watching locations around the world.*
- Sporting Adventures
"Sporting Adventures is designed for the fishing, hunting, and outdoors enthusiast. The site was launched in October, 1995 and is dedicated to raising funds for conservation groups worldwide."*
Historic Places
- World Wide Events
Search this database for a calendar of events for cities all over the world.*
- Festivals and Events List
If you want to know about local folk music happenings when you travel, try this site for schedules of folk music festivals, events and performances in North America.*
- Fair Date List
"The Fair Date List: The world's most complete "where and when" info on your favorite fairs with links to fair Home Pages. The list currently includes 1,489 fairs, representing 58 North American states and provinces!". Check out this comprehensive list on the Western Fairs Association Web Page to find out about local fairs when you travel.*
- Art and Craft Shows
"There are thousands of arts and crafts shows in North America every year. Whether you're a dedicated festival-goer, a savvy buyer, a budding artist, or a professional exhibitor, keeping up with when and where to go isn't easy. ....... 2,000 art and craft shows, festivals, fairs, and events available for searching on the Internet. You can plan your schedule or check out the possibilities for a weekend outing."*
Music, Museums and Culture
- Historic Places in the US
"History Channel Traveler was designed to help people make the most of their next travel experience. Our Traveler website is developed in partnership with organizations that work day in and day out to preserve our historic places across the country."*
- Archeology and Ethnography Sites in US
"National Park Service Archeology and Ethnography program provides national coordination for the protection, preservation, and interpretation of America's archeological and ethnographic resources inside the National Park system and beyond. Explore the thousands of archeological sites and museums throughout the country, and learn about the diverse people and cultures that created our national legacy."*
Atlases and Guides (Printed Books):- Atlas of American History
By Robert H. Ferrell, Richard Natkiel. Booknews, Inc. Annotation: "Focuses almost exclusively on warfare, both domestic and foreign, with some information on colonization and expansion. The 200 maps, most in color, are accompanied by drawings and photographs. Sections such as Founding a Nation, Imperial Democracy, and The Two World Wars, are introduced by essays. First published in 1993 by Brompton Books in Greenwich, CT, and here updated to include the invasion of Panama, Desert Storm, and the 1992 presidential election. No bibliography."
- Atlas of American History
By Martin Gilbert.
- Atlas of American Indian Affairs
By Francis Paul Prucha. (Dec. 1990, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 191 pages)
- Atlas of Ancient America
By Michael Coe, et al. (Oct. 1986)
- Atlas of American History
Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson. James Truslow Adams, Editor in Chief, (Original Edition. N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons, 294 p., illus. - out of print)
- Restored Towns and Historic Districts of America
Subtitled: "A Tour Guide." By Alice Cromie. (N.Y., Sunrise/E.P. Dutton, 1979, 384 p., illus. - out of print)
Workshops and Courses
- Museums and Cultural Resources
"The Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources provides a comprehensive index for information about museums, aquaria, historical parks and other cultural institutions. It is also designed to accommodate information about a variety of resources of interest to the arts/cultural/scientific/educational community." Culture is cool.*
- Museums in the USA
"These pages include an eclectic collection of World Wide Web sites connected with museums, galleries and archives in the United States."*
- Classical Music, Opera, Dance or Theater
"If classical music, opera, dance or theater are part of your life, or if you always wanted them to be, we've designed CultureFinder for you." Cool information if you like to know about performing arts events when you travel.*
- Music Festivals
"Welcome to FestivalFinder, where you'll discover the latest details on more than 1,300 music festivals in North America. Click to your favorite genre, or use the search feature to locate festivals by date, location, performers or festival name."*
- Playbill on Line
"Look here for Broadway and U.S. theater information, including smaller regional theaters."*
- Jazz Clubs Worldwide
"The following list of jazz clubs was compiled by Bill Hery [hery@att.com] with input from numerous rec.music.bluenote [on the USENET bulletin board] correspondents."*
Big Science
- Shaw databases of workshops and courses
"You can search our databases of hundreds of career and recreational cooking schools, wine courses, golf, tennis, and water sports schools & camps, writers conferences, photography workshops & schools, art & craft workshops, language vacations, educational travel programs, and artists' & writers' residencies & retreats."*
- Study Abroad information resource
"Welcome to studyabroad.com... ...the on-line study abroad information resource. Here you will find listings for thousands of study abroad programs in more than 100 countries throughout the world. You will also find hundreds of links to study abroad program home pages."*
- Atomic Site Tourism
"The Bureau of Atomic Tourism is dedicated to the promotion of tourist locations around the world that have either been the site of atomic explosions, display exhibits on the development of atomic devices, or contain vehicles that were designed to deliver atomic weapons."*
- NASA
"NASA is deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that flows from its aeronautics and space research....". If you haven't been here you, you've got to check it out with live updates from current shuttle and interplanetary probes.*
Our list of Destination Ideas
is continually being revised and expanded.
Please visit again periodically
Coming Soon:
More corporations, universities and laboratories, etc.
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In the meantime, see also Itinerary Ideas.
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