Very informative and exactly what I was looking for! I did learn a lot of things that I didn't know about my favorite place on earth. I've seen some complaints about this read being dry, but it's marketed as a fact book and that's what it is. I wish the writer had a few more details. Yes, it was detail laden, but there were several instances where he simply passed things by saying, "no one knows." Obviously wouldn't read again (once you've read it, you pretty much know what's there), but I wish there were more out there like it.