Frommer's 500 Places To Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up

01_595881 ffirs.qxd 6/28/06 9:55 PM Page i 500 PLACES TO TAKE YOUR KIDS BEFORE THEY GROW UP 1st Edition by Holly Hughes 01_595881 ffirs.qxd 6/28/06 9:55 PM Page i 500 PLACES TO TAKE YOUR KIDS BEFORE THEY GROW UP 1st Edition by Holly Hughes 02_595881 ftoc.qxd 6/28/06 10:22 PM Page ii Contents About This Book . . . vii chapter 1 Taking in the Scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Awesome Vistas . . . 2 Seven Beautiful Bridges . . . 12 Drives . . . 20 Train Rides . . . 32 Boat Rides . . . 41 chapter 2 Cities Great & Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 One-of-a-Kind Cityscapes . . . 52 The Big City Buzz . . . 61 Postcards across America . . . 69 chapter 3 Weird & Wonderful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Otherworldly Landscapes . . . 82 Atmospheric Places to Explore . . . 97 A Touch of Kitsch . . . 104 Caves & Waterfalls . . . 119 chapter 4 Walk with the Animals . . . . . . . . . . . 127 In the Wild . . . 128 Zoos . . . 146 Aquariums . . . 155 chapter 5 Lost in the Mists of Time . . . . . . . . . 166 Fossils . . . 167 Early Humans . . . 176 The Ancient World . . . 187 chapter 6 Windows on History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Positively Medieval . . . 219 Historic Restorations . . . 238 Native Americans . . . 252 Settling America . . . 260 Black American History . . . 271 chapter 7 War & Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Bloody Battlegrounds . . . 283 History at Sea . . . 295 World War II & the Cold War . . . 305 02_595881 ftoc.qxd 6/28/06 10:22 PM Page iii chapter 8 For Budding Scientists . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Science Museums . . . 317 The History of Flight . . . 328 Inventions & Industry . . . 334 Stargazing . . . 341 chapter 9 Holy Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 chapter 10 A Dose of Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Masterpieces of Art . . . 372 Music . . . 382 Theater & the Movies . . . 391 chapter 11 Historic Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Castles & Mansions . . . 399 Famous Homesteads . . . 416 U.S. Presidents . . . 427 chapter 12 Out & About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Hiking & Backpacking . . . 438 Cycling . . . 454 In the Saddle . . . 461 chapter 13 On the Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Paddling Away . . . 469 Swimming . . . 482 Snorkeling & Diving . . . 485 Beaches . . . 491 chapter 14 Calling All Sports Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 chapter 15 Rides & Thrills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 Adrenaline Rushes . . . 525 Carousels & Ferris Wheels . . . 532 Roller Coasters . . . 537 Theme Parks . . . 543 Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 Geographical Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 03_595881 flast.qxd 6/28/06 9:51 PM Page iv Published by: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2006 Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978/750-8400, fax 978/646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing,