National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways: The 275 Best Drives in the U.S. - This stunning new edition features unique driving tours through virtually every kind of landscape—spectacular coastlines, mountains, lakes, small towns, ranch and farmlands, islands, bays, and river valleys—in all 50 states. Some of the routes are famous, such as Virginia's Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway, the Natchez Trace, and picturesque sections of the Great River Road. But there are lesser-known drives here too...

National Geographic Guide to America's Hidden Corners - Discover 75 of America's best out-of-the-way escapes— from historic small towns and quaint villages to unspoiled coastal regions and remote deserts and mountain ranges. Take the back roads to places nationwide that are well off the tourist routes. You'll uncover hidden corners you didn't know existed...

Rand McNally 2009 Road Atlas: US, Canada, Mexico - Hey, you gotta know where you're going, and a good map book is the place to start. Maybe it's just me, but I love maps. I love to look at them and mentally retrace old adventures, and dream of new ones along roads I haven't yet been down...

DeLorme Atlas & Gazeteer state maps - Insanely detailed, frighteningly priced (they list for $19.95, though B&N sells them for $17.95), and worth every penny. Just about every single road, including dirt ones, in each state is not only shon on these maps, but named. Before the advent f GPS, these were the only way to ensure you would never, ever get lost no matter how far off the beaten track you drove. Each atlas covers an individual state in its entirety with detailed, full-color topographic maps. Details include back roads, hidden lakes, boat ramps, hiking trails, campgrounds, public lands, forests, wetlands and more. The Gazetteer sections feature information on places to go and things to do. These atlases are year-round favorites with outdoors enthusiasts and anyone who likes to leave the main roads behind....


Off the Beathen Path series - This guidebook series from Globe Pequot does exactly what its titles say: take you off the beaten path and into the eccentric corners of America. Tired of the same old tourist traps? Take the road less traveled and discover the hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales other guidebooks just don't offer...

Road Food - The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 700 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More...
insider taps. An ideal glove compartment companion...

Road Trip USA - Cross-country routes and road-tested advice for adventurers who want to see part of America that the interstates have left behind...

Let's Go Roadtripping USA - Let's Go hits the open road to rediscover the classic American roadtrip, offering firsthand advice, budget-savvy tips, and plenty of local flavor to boot. This edition includes: * Eight classic cross-country roadtrip routes * Quirky coverage of off-the-beaten-path America...


Insight Guides USA On the Road - Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel series, capture the unique character of each destination's culture with a perspective only an insider can provide.

Eccentric America : The Bradt Travel Guide to All That's Weird and Wacky in the USA - Winner of the coveted Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award for Guidebooks 2002 and voted Best Travel Book of 2001 by the North American Travel Journalists Association, the first edition of this book was a runaway success. Encouraged and inspired by the response from readers, author Jan Friedman is back with more madcap mayhem including the nude Olympics, topless automobile racing, the treehouse bed-and-breakfast resort, and the California community that has its own fashion police. This is the definitive guide for those with a taste for the extreme or a desire to add something just a little bit different to their tour of the United States.No longer in print (though Barnes & Noble sells some used copies cheap). A great book, though...

Weird U.S. - A travel guide of sorts to America's local legends and best-kept secrets. It's chock-full of the crazy characters, cursed roads, abandoned sites, and bizarre roadside attractions that the authors feel reflect the shared modern folklore of our time. So, come along with the Marks now. Visit places like the Coral Castle and Albino Village, explore abandoned insane asylums and forgotten tunnels—in one of them you just might run into the maniacal Bunnyman!...

Weird U.S.: The Odyssey Continues - What's weird aroudn here? That’s a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years—and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the bestselling phenomenon, Weird N.J. Now the weirdness has spread throughout the U.S.—again! More than 250 illustrated pages of places where tourists usually don’t venture...

Fodor's Essential USA: Spectacular Cities, Natural Wonders, and Great American Road Trips - Fodor’s USA focuses on the best trips from sea to shining sea---from the vineyards of Napa Valley to the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to the streets of Manhattan. Each section contains all of the crucial information that readers have come to expect from Fodor’s, including the best of the best in hotels, attractions, and restaurants. Planning tools, including routes linking multiple destinations, tips for what to see en route, and restaurant and hotel listings for “stopover cities,” help travelers plan unforgettable road trips.

1000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die - My old co-author Patricia Schultz has created a mini-empire out of this series. It's a traveler's life list, a guide, an inspiration, a memory book. Open it to check out where you've been, and where you should go next. What to see and what to do and what to show the kids. Where to eat and where to stay. And how to change your life. Covering the U.S.A. and Canada like never before, here are 1,000 spectacular, compelling, essential, offbeat, utterly unforgettable places...




Guide to Free Campgrounds—West: Includes Campgrounds $12 and Under in the 17 Western States - Updated bi-annually, this book lists all campgrounds in the eastern states that have camping fees of $12 or less. It includes all federal campgrounds as well as state parks and forests, fishing lakes with camping, county and city parks, wildlife areas, Indian reservation sites,utility company camps, lumber camps, canoe camps, and small private campgrounds with low fees.

Don Wright's Guide to Free Campgrounds: Eastern Edition - Updated bi-annually, this book lists all campgrounds in the eastern states that have camping fees of $12 or less. It includes all federal campgrounds as well as state parks and forests, fishing lakes with camping, county and city parks, wildlife areas, Indian reservation sites,utility company camps, lumber camps, canoe camps, and small private campgrounds with low fees.