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This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town's full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses of the nineteenth century. Abundant with details uncovered by Hafertepe in his research, including corrections to construction dates based on newly tapped records, this guide features those bui...

From the Mississippi bottomlands in the east to the hill country of the Ouachita and Ozark mountains in the west, Arkansas offers a wide range of excellent, four-season opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast. This guide, compiled by Arkansas natives Janie and Wyatt Jones, highlights many of the best hikes across the state, for both the novice hiker as well as the veteran.

Insiders' Guide in Your Pocket is a new series of miniguides that distill the best of the trusted Insiders' Guide (R) series into easy-to-use, portable, quick references-each with two popout (R) maps and detailed listings on hotels, restaurants, and attractions, as well as suggested itineraries. By true insiders, they offer a personal and practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love from Insiders' Guides. The essential new source for easy-access travel information for...

Insiders' Guide to San Antonio is the essential source for in-depth travel information for visitors and locals alike to the Alamo City. Written by locals (and true insiders), Insiders' Guide to San Antonio offers a personal and practical perspective of San Antonio and its surrounding environs that makes it a must-have guide for travelers as well as residents looking to rediscover their hometown. The 5th Edition features a full-color insert.

Rated among the top cities for living and conducting business, Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World, a high-tech oasis, and home to the University of Texas. With thoroughly researched chapters on every aspect of life in Texas's capital city, this guide includes a treasure trove of information for residents and visitors.

Called "the most interesting city in America", New Orleans is once again a massively-popular destination, on a travel wish-list kept by almost every American. Our author, Diana K. Schwam, has written four books and numerous articles about New Orleans, where her long-ago decision to become a resident followed, she says, a familiar sequence: Vacation, Enrapture, Home Ownership, and Weight Gain! In this up-dated, 2015 Easy Guide, she'll introduce you, among many other topics, to the world- famou...

Frommer's New Orleans 2008 is a fully updated edition. Our author, a New Orleans resident, has chronicled the city's post-Katrina devastation and resurrection, with full information on what neighborhoods have rebounded and what establishments are open for business. With complete coverage of area hotels and transportation options, this book has everything you need to plan a trip to this slowly rebuilding city. Our author helps you find the best places now to hear jazz, blues, and zydeco, and deta...

This guide includes a section detailing New Orleans' history, seven features covering the city's life and culture, ranging from the Mardi Gras blowout to Dixieland jazz and Delta blues, a visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of top-notch photographs and 13 maps.

Loaded with tangy tales of spirits who inhabit places where you can spend a night or have a bite to eat. Listed by city, each haunted locale provides in-depth history about the spirited occupants, current facts and additional references.

The guides that show you what others can only tell you. Features clear maps and suggested itineraries to ensure you make the most of your trip, together with extensive hotel and restaurant listings. Using the unique 3D maps and cutaways this is the perfect guide for even the most inexperienced of cowboys, from the spectacular Grand Canyon to the 'mother road' Route 66. So don your riding boots, and head off into that sunset.

Whether you want to explore the Winelands, visit Kruger National Park, or climb Table Mountain, the local Fodor’s travel experts in South Africa are here to help! Fodor’s Essential South Africa guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor’s “Essential...

Ask any self-respecting Louisianan who makes the best gumbo and the answer is universal: "Momma." The product of a melting pot of culinary influences, gumbo, in fact, reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West Africans in bondage, Cajun refugees, German settlers, Native Americans-all had a hand in the pot. What is it about gumbo that continues to delight and nourish so many? And what explains its spread around the world? A seasoned journalist, Ken Wells sleut...