Places to Explore

This is a compilation of on-line and off-line resources you might find interesting to explore or buy.  We receive no compensation from the groups or publications listed.

 

As you review this list, remember to remain optimistic even in the face of titles that remind us of our mortality.

 

1000 Places to See Before You Die™, By Patricia Schultz, © Patricia Schultz - http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/

 

1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die,

By Michael Bright, © Quintet Publishing Limited

 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online - http://www.britannica.com/

             Maps - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363506/map

 

Frommer’s 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up,

By Holly Hughes, © Wiley Publishing, Inc.

 

Great Buildings Online - http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/

 

International Olympic Committee - http://www.olympic.org/

 

National Academies Press - http://www.nap.edu/

             Geography & Mapping - http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?topic=335

            

National Geographic Society - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

             Maps - http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps

 

National Geographic’s Journeys of a Lifetime - 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips, © Toucan Books Ltd.

 

Nobel Foundation - http://nobelprize.org/

 

Peakware - World Mountain Encyclopedia - http://www.peakware.com/index.html

 

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - http://whc.unesco.org/

             World Heritage List - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list

 

Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.org/

             Maps - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maps

 

Wonders of the World - Masterpieces of Architecture from 4000 BC to the Present, Editor Alessandra Capodiferro, © White Star s.p.a.

 

World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

             Maps - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html

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