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Manufactured in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 0011__338877446677--ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiii 11//2299//0099 1111::1177::1199 PPMM C O N T E N T S LIST OF MAPS viii 1 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO THE USA 1 1 When to Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 6 Sustainable Tourism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2 Money & Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 7 Staying Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 3 Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Online Traveler’s Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . .13 4 Health & Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 8 Getting Around the United 5 Specialized Travel Resources . . . . . . .9 States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Frommers.com: The Complete 9 Special-Interest Vacation Planner. . . .17 Travel Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 10 Tips on Accommodations. . . . . . . . .24 2 NEW ENGLAND 28 1 Boston & Cambridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 6 Newport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Take Me Out to the Ballgame . . . . . . .41 7 Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 2 Cape Cod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 8 Southern Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 3 Martha’s Vineyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 9 The White Mountains of 4 The Berkshires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 5 Mystic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 10 The Maine Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 A Casino in the Woods. . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Staying & Dining At the White Barn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 3 THE MIDATLANTIC 104 1 New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Cooperstown: Hall of Fame Heading for the Top of the Rock. . . .114 Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Park It! Shakespeare, Music & Barreling Around Niagara Falls . . . .138 Other Free Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 4 Highlights of the New Jersey 2 Highlights of the Hudson Shore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 A Vegas Resort in Atlantic City 3 Upstate New York Highlights. . . . 133 Expands!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd iiiiii 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4411 PPMM iv Simple, Relaxed Luxury. . . . . . . . . . . . .150 All Things Chocolate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 5 Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 7 Pittsburgh & Western The Ultimate Cheesesteak Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Taste Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 8 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 6 Side Trips from Philadelphia. . . . . 168 9 Washington, D.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 4 THE SOUTHEAST 213 1 Jefferson’s Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 10 Wilmington & the Outer Banks. . . 282 Another Nearby Presidential 11 Pinehurst: Where Golf Is King. . . . 287 Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 12 Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 2 Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 13 The Blue Ridge Parkway. . . . . . . . . 290 3 Williamsburg & Colonial 14 Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 15 Great Smoky Mountains 4 The Shenandoah Valley. . . . . . . . . 231 National Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 A A Side Trip to Warm Springs & S 16 Highlights of Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . 301 U Hot Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 Kentucky Celebrates Lincoln’s 5 Atlanta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Bicentennial: 1809–2009. . . . . . . . . . .303 6 Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 17 Eastern Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 TS 7 Hilton Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 18 Nashville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 N E 8 Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 T 19 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 N O 9 Myrtle Beach & the C The Peabody Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 Grand Strand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 5 FLORIDA 334 1 Walt Disney World & Orlando. . . . 334 4 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Go to the Head of the Line Five Fabulous Historic Hotels. . . . . . .380 with FASTPASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339 5 Everglades National Park . . . . . . . . 390 2 Highlights of Northeast Florida . . . 360 6 The Keys & Key West . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 3 Fort Lauderdale & Palm Beach. . . 367 7 Tampa & St. Petersburg . . . . . . . . . 400 6 THE GULF SOUTH 415 1 Birmingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 3 Highlights of Mississippi. . . . . . . . . 429 2 Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Visiting Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 The Civil Rights Trail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 4 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Cruise Through Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . .428 A Side Trip to a Plantation . . . . . . . . .445 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd iivv 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4422 PPMM v 7 THE MIDWEST 455 1 Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 6 Milwaukee & Highlights 2 Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 of Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 3 Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 7 Minneapolis & St. Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 521 4 Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 8 Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 5 Detroit & Highlights Best Bets for Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534 of Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 9 St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 10 Branson & the Ozarks . . . . . . . . . . . 550 8 THE NORTHERN ROCKIES & GREAT PLAINS 557 1 Flathead & Montana’s 7 Black Hills & Badlands Northwest Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557 of South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 2 Glacier National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 8 Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 U 3 Bozeman & South-Central 9 Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 S A Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 Ride ‘em Cowboy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606 4 Little Bighorn Battlefield. . . . . . . . 572 10 Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 5 Jackson Hole & the It’s All Happening at the Zoo. . . . . . .611 C Grand Tetons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 O Best Bets for Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612 N 6 Yellowstone National Park. . . . . . . 582 T E N T S 9 TEXAS 614 1 Dallas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 5 San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 2 Fort Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 6 Austin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 3 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 7 The Hill Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 4 Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 8 The Trans-Pecos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 10 COLORADO & UTAH 663 1 Denver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 7 Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 2 Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 8 Park City: Utah’s Premier 3 Rocky Mountain National Park. . . 676 Resort Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 4 Northern Colorado Rockies 9 Zion National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 10 Bryce Canyon National Park . . . . . 717 Hitting Colorado’s Slopes. . . . . . . . . . .682 11 Capitol Reef National Park. . . . . . . 720 5 Colorado Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 12 Arches National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 6 Southwestern Colorado. . . . . . . . . 694 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd vv 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4422 PPMM vi 11 THE SOUTHWEST 726 1 Las Vegas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 9 Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 2 Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 A Day Trip to Acoma Pueblo . . . . . . .800 3 Phoenix & Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . 751 10 White Sands National 4 Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 Two World-Class Spas. . . . . . . . . . . . . .772 11 Carlsbad Caverns National Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 5 Central Arizona & Sedona . . . . . . . 777 12 Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804 6 Flagstaff & the Grand Canyon . . . 780 13 Taos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 7 Monument Valley & Canyon de Chelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 Hitting the Slopes of Taos . . . . . . . . . .816 8 The Petrified Forest & Painted Desert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 12 CALIFORNIA 819 A S U 1 San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 8 Santa Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 2 The Wine Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 9 Los Angeles & Environs. . . . . . . . . . 886 3 The Northern Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 10 The Disneyland Resort . . . . . . . . . . 905 S T 4 Monterey & Big Sur . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 11 San Diego. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908 N TE 5 San Simeon: Hearst Castle. . . . . . . 863 12 Palm Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 N O 6 Lake Tahoe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 13 Death Valley National Park. . . . . . . 926 C 7 Yosemite National Park. . . . . . . . . . 873 Burgers & Bullets: The Iron Door Saloon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .874 1 3 THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 929 1 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 7 The Oregon Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 A Sporting Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .945 8 The Columbia River Gorge 2 The San Juan Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 & Mount Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979 3 The Olympic Peninsula. . . . . . . . . . 953 9 Willamette Valley Wine Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 4 Mount Rainier National Park. . . . . 958 10 Crater Lake National Park. . . . . . . . 982 5 Mount St. Helens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 6 Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd vvii 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4422 PPMM vii 14 ALASKA & HAWAII 984 1 Southeast Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984 4 Honolulu & Oahu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001 Arriving by Cruise Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . .986 5 Maui. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1007 2 Denali National Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 6 The Big Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1015 3 Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998 APPENDIX A: THE BEST OF THE REST 1021 1 Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021 The Park That Launched Soaking in Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Them All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032 2 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1024 5 West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1033 3 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1027 John Brown’s Body: A Bloody Pre–Civil War Raid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Rising from the Ashes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029 A Hotel Fit for Congress . . . . . . . . . . 1036 4 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1030 U S A APPENDIX B: STATE TOURISM OFFICES 1038 APPENDIX C: FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS 1042 C O N 1 Preparing for Your Trip . . . . . . . . .1042 4 Fast Facts: International TE N 2 Getting to the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046 Travelers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1047 T S 3 Getting Around the U.S.. . . . . . . .1046 APPENDIX D: TOLLFREE NUMBERS & WEBSITES 1052 INDEX 1055 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4422 PPMM L I S T O F M A P S The USA—Major Interstate Downtown Minneapolis . . . . . . . . .523 Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533 New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The Northern Rockies & Martha’s Vineyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Great Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559 Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 The Black Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593 The Mid-Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615 Manhattan Neighborhoods . . . . . .109 Dallas–Fort Worth Area . . . . . . . . . .618 New York City: Midtown . . . . . . . . .120 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 Atlantic City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Central San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . .643 Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 Central Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651 Downtown Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Colorado & Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .665 Washington, D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 Downtown Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .667 The Southeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Downtown Salt Lake City . . . . . . . .703 Williamsburg Historic District . . . .225 The Southwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .729 Downtown Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 Phoenix, Scottsdale & the Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 Valley of the Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . .752 Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 Tucson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .766 The Blue Ridge Parkway . . . . . . . . .291 Central Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805 Nashville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319 Central Taos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .813 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336 San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Miami Beach & South Beach . . . . .375 Los Angeles Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .888 Tampa & St. Petersburg . . . . . . . . . .402 San Diego Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909 The Gulf South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417 The Pacific Northwest . . . . . . . . . . .931 The French Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439 Downtown Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .934 The Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457 Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .966 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467 Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003 0022__338877446677--ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiiiii 11//2299//0099 1111::1188::4422 PPMM