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My family has always been a family that likes to travel, especially to places no one else has ever seen, so this book is a great travel guide for us. There were dozens of places we have already seen (I was even surprised to find my hometown listed as one of the 1,000 places!), but hundreds more we have never been to. The information and websites also really makes planning a lot easier. There are already a bunch of places we are going to this summer thanks to this book. There were a few places I was surprised not to see, places I think are worth going to (Thomas Edison's home in NJ, Jim Thorpe in PA), but overall I think this book provides a nice overview of everything our country and Canada has to offer.

This book is perfect for those who love driving, planning their drive and not missing the most important sights. If you are based in the USA or Canada this is a 5* book, if you are based in the UK, like me, then you are going to have to visit North America many times to get full value. So far, I've managed to see 45 of the main attractions listed and have yet to be disappointed. If you find that you enjoy touring in North America, I would also recommend "Road Trip USA" by Jamie Jensen and "The Most Scenic Drives in America" a Reader's Digest publication which both give good ideas for routes and one or two different ideas. Give yourself lots of time for your tours because distances between attractions can be enormous.

This book is long. Too long to be very good.
It ultimately is not 1000 places you need to see it more like 1000 things to know about places that you may visit one day.
A solid 1/5 to 1/3 of the book is hotel reviews. Many of them 300+ per night ( 2001 dollars). Another 1/5 to 1/3 is restaurant reviews. So, basically over 1/2 of the book are hotel and restaurant reviews from 2001.


I travel a lot, most of the stuff I would consider seeing is not in the book. Many of the things in the book I’ve seen and didn’t find it to be spectacular. Of course that’s my opinion.

Some of this stuff may not exist any more. Which by definition means it wasn’t worth it to begin with.

I appreciate the effort and research the author put into this book. Just the mere writing alone is substantial. I just think the title is misleading. These are not 1000 great places to see.

This boon is an adventurous read, but having already visited many of the places featured, it can sometimes seem more of an advertisement for failing tourist traps than true gems that must be on every single person's bucket list. Nevertheless, this is a great book to have when you travel, just to see something that is not so often seen. And for those who do not travel, you can clearly imagine what each place is truly like by the colorful descriptions written on each and every place.

I love this book! My husband and I love to road-trip and have taken many road adventures over the years. (The adventure is, not in the destination, but in the journey.) This is one of my favorite go-to travel guides to reference before, during, and after each trip. A fun reference book to reminisce about past trips, and to help plan future ones. My copy is dog-eared with many sticky tabs throughout...
The 'Places To See' are organized by state, with brief descriptions of each place and locations on maps.

1000 PLACES TO SEE IN THE USA AND CANADA BEFORE YOU DIE BY PATRICIA SCHULTZ: When travel writer Patricia Schultz published 1000 Places to See Before You Die on May 22nd, 2003, she expected the book to do relatively well like her other travel writings. She has written for Frommer’s, Berlitz, and Access travel guides, and has published articles in Condé Nast Traveler, Islands, and Harper’s Bazaar: a fairly accomplished travel writer in her field. This was the general idea for bookstores also: 1000 Places would do relatively well being a travel book and an original idea. No one predicted an amazing, bestselling success; one of the top gifts for Christmas of that year; and an unstoppable expansion into new uncharted territories: a calendar, a TV show, a registered trademark, a soon-to-be information-filled website (www.1000beforeyourdie.com), and an idea that will spawn countless sequels, such as Shultz’s latest release 1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die, released almost exactly four years later.

What makes this new book unique for Americans and Canadians is that there is at least one chapter (if not more) in this book that each person will know very well, for it is about where they live. They likely will know the big tourist spots, the areas one must visit, and the locations that are known worldwide; these are all included in 1000 Places to See in USA and Canada Before You Die. However, Schultz takes you further with short detailed articles on areas you may never have heard of, even if you live in that particular area. I live in California and have for some time. I’ve seen a lot of the popular locations Schultz mentions: Alcatraz Island, Catalina Island, Yosemite, and the Mission Santa Barbara; but on reading this chapter I was thrilled to discover new locations I’d never heard of within California, such as Ojai, a delightful town located north of Los Angeles, as well as the annual Festival of the Arts, held in Laguna Beach each summer. Included in this chapter on California are also articles on popular restaurants for both Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Schultz takes you on a journey through every state of the United States, and every province in Canada, providing the reader with valuable information that doesn’t take up that much room. Each article is a couple pages long and ideal for reading in a brief space of time, say, waiting for a train or plane, or taking a cab ride across a city you’ve never been to before. One of the keys to this book and Schultz’s last, is the economical way they have been published in paperback form (however, 1000 Places to See in USA and Canada Before You Die is also available in hardcover), and while they may not fit in your pocket, they easily slip into a backpack or purse, weigh little, and are very easy to navigate with a table of contents and extensive index. Schultz goes one step further with her latest book in providing the reader with “special indexes” in addition to the regular one, which includes: first-rate hotels, resorts, and spas; lists of unique restaurants and places to eat; scenic drives; getaway islands; and where to take the kids, to name a few.

The saying is: “So many places, so little time.” But thanks to Patricia Schultz, travelers now have two invaluable resources that while not making it possible to see every important place in the world in one lifetime, nevertheless quantify and qualify what there is so see and why you should see it; whether you’re sitting on a couch in your home deciding where to travel to; or 35,000 feet up on your way to a new and never before seen country; or traveling along a rarely and hidden location you’ve never heard. Over a hundred years ago, every traveler was required to have their Baedeker on them at all times; in the twenty-first century, it is now 1000 Places to See . . .

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Use this as my travel log. Marking each place off one by one!

Great print resource for trying to catch those interesting tourist destinations.

Great gift book and fun to have for yourself!

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will just continue reading it as I look for places to go

I am never really done reading this book. I check it all the time and highlight all the places I have been.