historic sites

Explores towns, settlements, forts, and other areas that have been completely deserted or brought back to life as tourist attractions.

Photographs and text provide information about the role of Philadelphia in the founding of the United States, and showcase some of the city's historic sites.

Describes the history of thirteen important buildings around the world, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Tower of London, and the Guggenheim Museum, each with illustrations, photographs, and a time line.

Betsy is sure that her summer job at a colonial reenactment village is going to squash her chances of ever being popular, but when he mother dies she finds the job, as well as unlikely friend Liza, and seductive surfer James, key to her survival.

A collection of narratives that describe ten Civil War battlefields including Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Shiloh; along with historical footnotes about each site, photographs, and detailed maps.

Provides answers to more than seventy questions about the world's natural and manmade wonders, covering the Tower of Pisa, the Forbidden City, the pyramids, and other extraordinary sites.

Tells the stories of seventeen of America's historic trees, from the 1600s to 1971, and provides information about America's Famous & Historic Trees project which has collected seeds and grown saplings from over a thousand different historic trees.

Photographs and text provide background information about the history of St. Augustine, and showcase some of the historic sites in the Florida city.