United States

Award-winning writer, researcher, and American Studies scholar Dr. Megan Kate Nelson takes you on a marvelous journey through some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did....

Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads....

A veteran helicopter pilot is torn between ending his own embattled life and rescuing survivors from a mountain plane crash....

A collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, Unsolaced....

The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir....

This extraordinary travel book tells the true story of how in 1997 writer Michael Paterniti agreed to take a road trip from New Jersey to California....

River of Lakes weaves together the biological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, and ecological aspects of the St. Johns, capturing the essence of its remarkable history and intrinsic value as a natural wonder.

In 2003, software engineer David Miller left his job, family, and friends to hike 2,172 miles of the Appalachian Trail....

In November of 1965, after numerous months of speculation surrounding a mystery industry that had been purchasing large amounts of land in central Florida, Walt Disney finally put an end to the rumors....

The Trail is a moving story of how nature helps us find what’s missing in our lives. The tale begins with Gil, who in the wake of his father’s death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father’s old hiking partner Syd on a month-long trek on the John Muir Trail....

An insider's guide to the architecture and planning of New York, Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York....

Much more than a captivating account of a human-powered solo thru-hike and float, Arctic Traverse illuminates the spirit of Alaska, drawing on encounters with Indigenous elders, guided clients, scientists, and others as well as on Engelhard's long-held dream and his experiences of the land itself.

When Mark Twain was growing up, all he wanted to be was a steamboat man. And so Twain ran away...

Après "Sacrés Français !", son impertinent best-seller, Ted Stanger récidive. À l'issue de dix années passées en France, notre Yankee parisien est retourné...

"I found myself thus afloat, on the skin of a buffalo, in the midst of a wild river."...

In June 2007, Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, embarked on a 4,000-mile expedition from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands, traveling solely by human power....

New York è un grande laboratorio in cui si sperimenta e si cambia continuamente: ristoranti, grattacieli, spettacoli, quartieri che...

John Hodgman - New York Times best-selling author - has written a memoir about his cursed travels through two wildernesses....

In this colorful and revealing journey through the eleven states west of the 100th meridian, Egan evokes a lovely and troubled country where land is religion....