Climbing the Adirondack 46ers is the guide to everything hikers need to know about summiting each of the 46 high peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. Whether you are a veteran hiker looking to register as an official "46er" by checking all the summits off your list, or a more casual hiker looking to sample some of the most impressive summits in the ......
Best Easy Day Hikes Albany includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the Albany area, with detailed maps of the routes. The hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please for hikers of all levels.
Now there's a book that provides the best of the best: the top twenty trails for a short walk, a longer hike or an all-day adventure. Best Easy Day Hikes: Syracuse chooses the trails that lead to the most panoramic views, and that wind through the prettiest woods and meadows and into the most interesting natural areas in Onondaga, Cayuga and ......
Swimming Holes New England focuses on off-the-beaten path swimming holes across the six states that make up New England. Get away from the typical beaches that are scattered throughout the New England coast line and enjoy the wilderness that blankets a large majority of the area with these hidden swimming areas. With so many people flocking to the ......
Building and Sailing a Seventeenth-Century Replica
Today, the Mayflower II-the replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a nation-is visited by some 2.6 million tourists annually and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But there is much more to the replica's story than meets the eye. In fact, the origins of Project Mayflower began in the 1950s not ......
Maine's cultural and culinary heart, Portland is a buzzing and energetic food community. Widely considered to have one of the country's most vibrant food scenes-named "Restaurant City of the Year" by Bon Appetit-the city offers a diverse culinary landscape, from classic seafood to Oaxacan to Korean to Milanese, and its devotion to farm-to-table ......
Roland D. Sawyer was a Western Massachusetts state legislator who, over a half-century in politics, tackled some of the state's thorniest issues. The Political Life of Reverend Roland D. Sawyer by Tyler L. Wolanin offers insight into legislative politics in Massachusetts as it underwent political and economic transitions, urbanization, and unrest. ......
A Month-by-Month Guide for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts,
Gardeners will find advice and photos for adapting to any microclimate or situation including shade; wet soil; coastal landscapes; container, raised-bed, and extended-season gardening; and much more. Gardeners and landscapers will treasure this book for its elegant writing and full-color photography, its photo-essay tours of outstanding ......
The History of the Island in the Common and Extraordinary
What makes Nantucket special and memorable to visitors and residents alike? Is it the compass rose mural painted on the side of the current Ralph Lauren building, noting distances to world cities? Is it the sperm whale skeleton hanging in Nantucket Whaling Museum? Maybe the iron fountain-urn in Main Street or the pump in the 'Sconset Square. For ......