This page was developed to assist students in navigating through the more than 1000 World Wide Web sites on the IU-Bloomington campus and to introduce students to some of the sources of valuable information on the WWW.
Essential/Useful.
Northern Light. The most useful general search service on the WWW.
Dogpile. Very useful multi-engine search site.
Weather Forecast: Everywhere
InfoSpace, one of the most useful sources of general information on the WWW.
PBS ONLINE schedule. For a comprehensive list of all PBS programs.
Academy of American Poets. Academy of American Poets website is worth checking. "The Americans of all nations at any time upon the earth have probably the fullest poetical nature."--Walt Whitman
Seamus Heaney. Poet. From the Internet Poetry Archive (Univ North Carolina) includes work by Czeslaw Milosz, Philip Levine, Robert Pinsky, Margaret Walker, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
Earth Day 98. From the Wilderness Society.
UCS Knowledge Base. The UCS Knowledge Base contains over 4000 entries that answer computing questions asked by Indiana University users.
Grants Online at IU and on the Internet. Outstanding.
IU's Graduate Grants Center. Provides Indiana University graduate students with training, one-on-one assistance with proposal writing, and a centralized area to access funding information for fellowships, prizes, awards, independent projects, scholarships, work cooperative programs, and research opportunities. The Center is located in Bloomington's Main Library, Research Collection, Room 1052E (phone 812-855-5281). See especially monthly newsletter Grad GrantLine.
Three Hours to a Winning Grant Proposal. Useful, directed to international grants but interesting.
International Students: NAFSA (Stanford University). Useful essential resources for international students.
Quick Reference for Health and Medicine.
Black Facts. Search for events in Black history by date, word, or category. Excellent.
Civil Rights Library. Essential US documents on Civil Rights, chronologies, court cases, and much more. Outstanding.
Africans in America. From Public Broadcasting System. Traces the international events that led to the growth of racial slavery in the United States. This companion site offers historical essays that introduce therelevant people, events and issues of this period, classroom lesson plans and teachers' guides.
Native American Sites. An award-winning site maintained by Lisa Mittenat the University of Pittsburgh.
Wounded Knee. Approved by traditional elders on the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River reservations.
Chicano & Latino Resources. From California State University Fresno, useful links to other major sites.
Multicultural Resources. From California State University Fesno.
Irish Hot Links.
Judaism and Jewish Resources.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. Presently includes a new exhibit: Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto. Images of Internment, an on-line exhibition of the art of Josef Nassy. Full text of the U.S. State Department report: U.S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II. Visit the on-line exhibition: Father Jacques, a Carmelite friar, who, in 1943, hid several Jewish boys in his school in Avon, France. Visit the on-line exhibition: THE NAZI OLYMPICS Berlin 1936. The Nuremberg Code and Human Rights: Excerpts from the official trial record of the Doctors Trial, with accompanying photographs. Essential. One of a kind.
International Center for Research on Woman. Private and non-profit, focusing primarily on those in developing and transitional countries.
Virtual Sisterhood. A global women's electronic support network, is dedicated to promotion of electronic communications use within the global women's movement.
Project Vote Smart. Everything you need to know about your elected officials. A bi-partisan non-profit source for essential information on over 13,000 politicians. Services include provision of Voter's Self-Defense Manuals , 1-800 Voter's Research Hotline, Reporter's Source Book, Reporter's Resource Center, Vote Smart Web Yellow Pages, Congress Track, Membership / Internships, etc. Terrific.
Library of Congress' Thomas web site, an essential source of leglislative information on the WWW.
See also the Internet Guide to Congress, Capweb.
The White House. Stay informed-publications, tours, etc.
White House Millennium Evenings: A Series of Outstanding Lectures.
White House Hosts Second Millennium Evening with Stephen Hawking (3/6/98)
White House Hosts Third Millennium Evening with Poets Laureate (4/22/98)
Jazz: An Expression of Democracy: The Fourth Millennium Evening at the White House (9/18/98)
See coverage of other Millennium events at White House Millennium Council page.
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Newspapers/Periodicals/Information links:
I have listed only a short selection of those items which are free to internet users. Some do require registration but at the time of publication such a process was only necessary at the time of initial contact. My efforts to achieve some kind of political balance in the listing were thwarted by the absence of free items representing certain aspects of the political spectrum. All suggestions for additional useful items gratefully received (email: chwillia@indiana.edu).
New York Times. "All the News Fit to Print." Includes news, forums, etc. Breaking News Washington Post: Includes a particular useful search feature for international news. Los Angeles Times. Good presentation and coverage. Often includes items missed by the Times and Post. The Washington Times. Christian Science Monitor. Includes a unique search feature that brings us the entire issue for any day. News Index. Search Current Articles from Newspapers from around the Globe. News Only Search Engine. Find breaking news stories and topics of interest, continuously updating database of articles from hundreds of news sources from around the globe. London Times. And associated publications, now owned by Murdock. The Jerusalem Post. (Internet Edition) Asahi Shimbun. English Edition of Japan's largest newspaper. MSNBC Microsoft and NBC on-line news network American Newspeak. "A weekly satirical e-zine celebrating the Orwellian face of the 1990's with cutting edge advances in the art of doublespeak carefully scavenged from the back pages of our finer newspapers." CNN Interactive. C-Span Networks, schedule and information, includes many Government hearings. Mother Jones Technically one of the best presentations on the net. Slate. Bill Gates' new magazine with Michael Kinsey as editor. (see also Stale a well-done parody of Slate). The American Prospect. The Nation. The New Republic. The Atlantic Monthly. Intellectual Capital.Com Today's Ideas.. To Morrow's Politics New York Review of Books. Most recent entry. Scientific American, on-line edition. Smithsonian Magazine. Washington Times National Weekly Positive Press. Good News Every Day. A positive spin on everything when you need it. Newspapers on line from Editor and Publisher. Select our own. Check out your hometown newspaper from over 1,600 newspapers on the internet. Worldwide. Policy Newsstand. Provides timely, concise abstracts of leading articles in the leading policy journals, and a synopsis of their tables of contents. A real time saver. LitLine. The Independent Literary Community consists of noncommercial literary presses and magazines, literary centers, writers conferences and festivals, writers. Interesting, for "the avant-garde to the terminally hip." The Electronic Newstand. Select your own from almost 2,000 magazines on-line. Includes a very useful search feature allowing the user to find articles on selected topics in many of the magazines.
New York Times. "All the News Fit to Print." Includes news, forums, etc. Breaking News
Washington Post: Includes a particular useful search feature for international news.
Los Angeles Times. Good presentation and coverage. Often includes items missed by the Times and Post.
The Washington Times.
Christian Science Monitor. Includes a unique search feature that brings us the entire issue for any day.
News Index. Search Current Articles from Newspapers from around the Globe. News Only Search Engine. Find breaking news stories and topics of interest, continuously updating database of articles from hundreds of news sources from around the globe.
London Times. And associated publications, now owned by Murdock.
The Jerusalem Post. (Internet Edition)
Asahi Shimbun. English Edition of Japan's largest newspaper.
MSNBC Microsoft and NBC on-line news network
American Newspeak. "A weekly satirical e-zine celebrating the Orwellian face of the 1990's with cutting edge advances in the art of doublespeak carefully scavenged from the back pages of our finer newspapers."
CNN Interactive.
C-Span Networks, schedule and information, includes many Government hearings.
Mother Jones Technically one of the best presentations on the net.
Slate. Bill Gates' new magazine with Michael Kinsey as editor. (see also Stale a well-done parody of Slate).
The American Prospect.
The Nation.
The New Republic.
The Atlantic Monthly.
Intellectual Capital.Com Today's Ideas.. To Morrow's Politics
New York Review of Books. Most recent entry.
Scientific American, on-line edition.
Smithsonian Magazine.
Washington Times National Weekly
Positive Press. Good News Every Day. A positive spin on everything when you need it.
Newspapers on line from Editor and Publisher. Select our own. Check out your hometown newspaper from over 1,600 newspapers on the internet. Worldwide.
Policy Newsstand. Provides timely, concise abstracts of leading articles in the leading policy journals, and a synopsis of their tables of contents. A real time saver.
LitLine. The Independent Literary Community consists of noncommercial literary presses and magazines, literary centers, writers conferences and festivals, writers. Interesting, for "the avant-garde to the terminally hip."
The Electronic Newstand. Select your own from almost 2,000 magazines on-line. Includes a very useful search feature allowing the user to find articles on selected topics in many of the magazines.
Every effort was made to restrict listings to non-profit organizations, but where links do have a commercial aspect, no endorsement of any kind in intended. The sites below were selected because they were recommended by various reputable non-profit publications.
Internal Revenue Service: (IRS). UNITED STATES government's tax collector. Presently having a spot of computer trouble with their collections, but this site is still very useful in providing immediate access to IRS tax information and services. Works much faster if you request Text Only Version from homepage. See also latest addition to IRS links: Tax Tips and Forms at the IRS Digital Daily. This is a heavily used site particularly as tax deadlines approach. If you experience difficulty try the commercial site Tax Site Directory. For free tax forms, instructions, and publications try the site maintained by Prof Dennis Schmidt of the University of Northern Iowa. Tax Forms. Tax and Accounting Site Directory. Everything you need to know about state taxes for the entire country. Laws, links, forms, etc for the state of your choice. Also information on Federal Taxes, updated, etc. Internet Income Tax Sites. Comprehensive and interesting. Far more than you need to know. Tax Tour. A useful web tax tour by professor Larry Tomassani, Ohio State University. Audit Bait? Calculate your chances of being audited from Money magazine. Taking Advantage of New Tax Laws. Congress gave U.S. taxpayers a big break this year when it passed the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. One expert opinion as to the best moves to make. NetTax 9X. The most powerful free online U.S. tax calculation program and 1040 preparation aid on the Web! Just enter the information, select the correct withholding status and get your take-home pay. Dollar Stretcher. For those interested in financial downsizing. Financial calculators. Make planning easy. Centura has developed some easy-to-use calculators which help determine how much you can borrow, or how much you should invest for particular financial goals. Personal Loans, Auto Loans, Home Loans, and Investment/Savings. Investing 101: from the Los Angeles Times . Ten things every investor should know. Consumer World®, a reputable consumer publication which has gathered over 1400 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet. Whether you want to check an airfare, find an ATM machine anywhere in the world, file a consumer complaint with a state agency, read 100s of consumer booklets, find a low rate credit card or mortgage, research a law, look up the wholesale price of a car, locate a Better Business Bureau, find a toll-free number, listen (literally--if your software/hardware allows it) to the latest news, contact a company's customer service department, comparison shop for bargains and last minute travel, check stock quotes or CD rates, read a movie review or see a preview, clip electronic coupons, or search the Internet, you can do it in Consumer World. U.S. Consumer Gateway. Federal Consumer Information of all kinds available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category -- Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, Transportation, etc. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information. The Better Business Bureau. If you are suspicious of any offer from a vendor, or you feel that someone has taken advantage of you, this site should help. In addition to instant access to business and consumer alerts, you can file a complaint online, and get a local phone number to discuss your situation. This web site is provided by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., and the BBB system of over 150 Bureaus located throughout the United States and Canada.
Internal Revenue Service: (IRS). UNITED STATES government's tax collector. Presently having a spot of computer trouble with their collections, but this site is still very useful in providing immediate access to IRS tax information and services. Works much faster if you request Text Only Version from homepage. See also latest addition to IRS links: Tax Tips and Forms at the IRS Digital Daily. This is a heavily used site particularly as tax deadlines approach. If you experience difficulty try the commercial site Tax Site Directory. For free tax forms, instructions, and publications try the site maintained by Prof Dennis Schmidt of the University of Northern Iowa. Tax Forms.
Tax and Accounting Site Directory. Everything you need to know about state taxes for the entire country. Laws, links, forms, etc for the state of your choice. Also information on Federal Taxes, updated, etc.
Internet Income Tax Sites. Comprehensive and interesting. Far more than you need to know.
Tax Tour. A useful web tax tour by professor Larry Tomassani, Ohio State University.
Audit Bait? Calculate your chances of being audited from Money magazine.
Taking Advantage of New Tax Laws. Congress gave U.S. taxpayers a big break this year when it passed the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. One expert opinion as to the best moves to make.
NetTax 9X. The most powerful free online U.S. tax calculation program and 1040 preparation aid on the Web! Just enter the information, select the correct withholding status and get your take-home pay.
Dollar Stretcher. For those interested in financial downsizing.
Financial calculators. Make planning easy. Centura has developed some easy-to-use calculators which help determine how much you can borrow, or how much you should invest for particular financial goals. Personal Loans, Auto Loans, Home Loans, and Investment/Savings.
Investing 101: from the Los Angeles Times . Ten things every investor should know.
Consumer World®, a reputable consumer publication which has gathered over 1400 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet. Whether you want to check an airfare, find an ATM machine anywhere in the world, file a consumer complaint with a state agency, read 100s of consumer booklets, find a low rate credit card or mortgage, research a law, look up the wholesale price of a car, locate a Better Business Bureau, find a toll-free number, listen (literally--if your software/hardware allows it) to the latest news, contact a company's customer service department, comparison shop for bargains and last minute travel, check stock quotes or CD rates, read a movie review or see a preview, clip electronic coupons, or search the Internet, you can do it in Consumer World.
U.S. Consumer Gateway. Federal Consumer Information of all kinds available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by category -- Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, Transportation, etc. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites containing related information.
The Better Business Bureau. If you are suspicious of any offer from a vendor, or you feel that someone has taken advantage of you, this site should help. In addition to instant access to business and consumer alerts, you can file a complaint online, and get a local phone number to discuss your situation. This web site is provided by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., and the BBB system of over 150 Bureaus located throughout the United States and Canada.
Useful job links.
US Government Jobs. The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Department of Labor. Peace Corps. "The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love." Recruiting Offices. Information . Getting Past Go. A survival guide for college graduates. Classified Warehouse. Check classified employment section of databases from over 400 databases throughout the country. 200 Letters for Job Hunters. Based on the book. Useful. University Graduates. Predicting the future world-wide demand.
US Government Jobs. The U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.
Occupational Outlook Handbook. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Department of Labor.
Peace Corps. "The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love." Recruiting Offices. Information .
Getting Past Go. A survival guide for college graduates.
Classified Warehouse. Check classified employment section of databases from over 400 databases throughout the country.
200 Letters for Job Hunters. Based on the book. Useful.
University Graduates. Predicting the future world-wide demand.
Switchboard. Nationwide telephone and address directory. WhoWhere and Internet Address Finder Two of the better sites for finding e-mail addresses. WhoWhere Advanced. Find an e-mail penpal who shares your interest. Four II A pioneer people directory which includes the entire U.S. telephone white pages and 7 million e-mail addresses. Although incomplete on e-mail addresses it is probably the most comprehensive e-mail directory available. InfoSpace. Personal, business and goverment phone, fax and e-mail Zip Code and Zip+4 Finder Simple and efficient.
Switchboard. Nationwide telephone and address directory.
WhoWhere and Internet Address Finder Two of the better sites for finding e-mail addresses.
WhoWhere Advanced. Find an e-mail penpal who shares your interest.
Four II A pioneer people directory which includes the entire U.S. telephone white pages and 7 million e-mail addresses. Although incomplete on e-mail addresses it is probably the most comprehensive e-mail directory available.
InfoSpace. Personal, business and goverment phone, fax and e-mail
Zip Code and Zip+4 Finder Simple and efficient.
US Passport Services. Passports the easy way! Download Application. Apply or reapply
US State Department: Bureau of Consular Affairs. Mandate: to administer laws, formulate regulations and implement policies relating to the broad range of consular services provided to American citizens abroad includes responsibility for handling emergencies--deaths, arrests, robberies, citizenship and nationality,Federal benefits, notarization of documents, international adoptions. Also provides travel warnings concerning conditions in countries where Americans may be planning to visit or reside. See especially Travel Warnings and Information Sheets
US Customs Service. Important information for travelers: covers topics such as traveling with medications and restricted/prohibited items. Also includes library of valuable information for Americans and others overseas.
General Information.
Center for Disease Control: Travel Information. Go to the source. Provides medical requirements for travel to all parts of the world including those on the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Weather Post. International Weather from the Washington Post. Click on a country or province for detailed weather information. Or, enter a city, state or country in our Forecast Finder to search for information for over 2,000 cities worldwide. WorldWide English and Foreign Language WWW Search: Internet Search Engines. Includes sites in English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish! See also AltaVista Talia: 30 Countries & 25 Languages. This information is from Search Engine Watch, another very interesting site. Marco Polo. "The Definitive Source of Information For Adventure Travelers!" World Clock. Current local time for anywhere in the world. Currency Convertor. Universal. Lonely Planet On-Line. Worldwide. Searchable map. Eyewitness accounts of travel to unusual places. Earthwatch International. Offers opportunities to join scientific field expeditions worldwide--includes an extraordinary listing of additional links. Lighthouses and Lightships Around the World. Castles on the Web. The British Monarchy. Official, interesting if you can gain access to this very busy site. Best time to access is early morning. Bord Failte. Outstanding and comprehensive guide to Ireland. France on the Run. A diverting tour even for those who have no plans to go to France. Wildlife Watching in Kenya. Elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, hyena, etc. Virtual Tourist. A map-based directory of all the WWW servers in the world. If you want to know what is on the Web in the Philippines, Turkey, South Africa, or elsewhere, this is the place. Aviation Web Directory: Airlines Airports Worldwide--everything pertaining to the aviation industry. Europe Through the Back Door. Rick Steves, popular PBS travel-show host and guidebook author, presents accumulated European travel wisdom. Tips, newsletter, suggested tours, etc.... Globe Corner Bookstore. Commercial but unexcelled. Travel guides and maps. Land and sea. Worldwide. Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP). Commercial. Worldwide links--extraordinary. Adventurous Traveler Bookstore. World's most complete source of outdoor books, maps, etc. 1TravelCom. A commercial site but useful. Best Fares Magazine: A commercial site which claims to be the "website for the savvy traveler. Yahoo Travel Sources. FAA Safety Data: Aviation Safety Data for white-knuckle travellers. Flight Tracker. Real-Time Flight Tracking You can find out about current flights between major cities within the United States. Remember that this is real time flight data so it only shows flights that are flying, have recently flown, or are about to take off. Includes entry to Flight Tracker Pro! The only Internet-based, real-time flight tracking tool of its kind! Free to the general public.
Center for Disease Control: Travel Information. Go to the source. Provides medical requirements for travel to all parts of the world including those on the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Weather Post. International Weather from the Washington Post. Click on a country or province for detailed weather information. Or, enter a city, state or country in our Forecast Finder to search for information for over 2,000 cities worldwide.
WorldWide English and Foreign Language WWW Search: Internet Search Engines. Includes sites in English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish! See also AltaVista Talia: 30 Countries & 25 Languages. This information is from Search Engine Watch, another very interesting site.
Marco Polo. "The Definitive Source of Information For Adventure Travelers!"
World Clock. Current local time for anywhere in the world.
Currency Convertor. Universal.
Lonely Planet On-Line. Worldwide. Searchable map. Eyewitness accounts of travel to unusual places.
Earthwatch International. Offers opportunities to join scientific field expeditions worldwide--includes an extraordinary listing of additional links.
Lighthouses and Lightships Around the World.
Castles on the Web.
The British Monarchy. Official, interesting if you can gain access to this very busy site. Best time to access is early morning.
Bord Failte. Outstanding and comprehensive guide to Ireland.
France on the Run. A diverting tour even for those who have no plans to go to France.
Wildlife Watching in Kenya. Elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, hyena, etc.
Virtual Tourist. A map-based directory of all the WWW servers in the world. If you want to know what is on the Web in the Philippines, Turkey, South Africa, or elsewhere, this is the place.
Aviation Web Directory: Airlines Airports Worldwide--everything pertaining to the aviation industry.
Europe Through the Back Door. Rick Steves, popular PBS travel-show host and guidebook author, presents accumulated European travel wisdom. Tips, newsletter, suggested tours, etc....
Globe Corner Bookstore. Commercial but unexcelled. Travel guides and maps. Land and sea. Worldwide.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP). Commercial. Worldwide links--extraordinary.
Adventurous Traveler Bookstore. World's most complete source of outdoor books, maps, etc.
1TravelCom. A commercial site but useful.
Best Fares Magazine: A commercial site which claims to be the "website for the savvy traveler.
Yahoo Travel Sources.
FAA Safety Data: Aviation Safety Data for white-knuckle travellers.
Flight Tracker. Real-Time Flight Tracking You can find out about current flights between major cities within the United States. Remember that this is real time flight data so it only shows flights that are flying, have recently flown, or are about to take off. Includes entry to Flight Tracker Pro! The only Internet-based, real-time flight tracking tool of its kind! Free to the general public.
American Information and Guides to Selected Places [no particular logic to selection]
MapQuest. Interactive atlas of US, free maps, personalized maps, etc. Plane in Motion. Pump in flight number, etc. and see plane in motion, location, speed, etc.. Motel Americana. Essays on motels along lost American highways, especially routes 66 and 50. HM USA Travel Guide. Designed for international visitors. Roadside Magazine. Devoted to the survival of American diners. Explore the main streets and back roads of America, while enjoying great American diners. Divided Highways The Interstates and the transformation of American life. President Dwight Eisenhower began planning in 1954 for a "grand plan for a properly articulated highway system" which, among other functions, could serve as a lifeline in the event of a nuclear war. Americans were supposed to begin driving in response to a nuclear attack. Where to? Nobody said. But what could be more American: the entire population on the open road, heading out. The Blue Highway. ". . winds past the plantation houses of the Mississippi Delta to the south-side clubs and tenements of postwar Chicago. While it's a somber trip, humbling, and even distressing, it's also enchanting and joyful -- and reassuring in its success....The history of the blues is more than a musical chronology. The blues was born the day the West African shoreline fell from the horizon. It was raised amid the institutionalized savagery of the Deep South and flourished in the dark heart of America's largest cities....The Blue Highway, then, is dedicated to the men and women who traveled beyond our ignorant place, and to those who could not." Music, biographies, pictures, Chicago, etc... a truly first-class site. Well worth a visit. Roadside America. Your Guide to Strange and Wacky Vacation Wonders. Roadside Art Online. Much of America's great art can be seen from a car window. The Barn Journal. Dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of traditional farm architecture Center for the Study of Southern Culture. University of Mississippi. Battan Death March. A biography of survival on the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War. North Platte Canteen Poster Art WWII Bataan Death March The Forgotten War The Chosin Few Korean War Project Vietnam Rememberance Fifth Marines-Vietnam Gulf War Parades Gulf War Veteran The Appalachian Trail. One of the best AT trail guides available. Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP). Commercial. Worldwide links--extraordinary. National Scenic Trails , National Historic Trails, and National Recreation Trails. Great long distance footpaths --with names like Allegheny National Scenic Trail, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Florida National Scenic Trail, Great Western Trail, Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, North Country National Scenic Trail, Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, etc. Michigan's Ottawa National Forest Covers over one million acres, extending from the south shore of Lake Superior down to Wisconsin and the Nicolet National Forest. Biking Capitol Reef National Park The single track trails and slickrock country around Moab, Utah are reportedly the best in the world for mountain bikers Hot Rock Climbs in New Mexico Big Bend National Park. Texas. Beautiful and enormous. Not yet crowded. Weather good all year around. The Great Spirit dumped all the leftover rocks on the Big Bend when he was through making the world--so say the local Indians. Atlanta tour. 25-megabyte download. State of the art, 3-D from Webscape. Impressive. The next step? Beach Guide for Southern California. From the Los Angeles Times. Insider Guide to Boston, and Boston Marathon Tour. Tour the entire 26.2 mile site. See Also Digital City : Chicago; and Chicago Electric Blues. Hawaii. Another in the impressive Insider Guide series. New York City, also Most New York or New York: Sidewalk. Welcome to N'awlins A relatively plain and direct site which provides an impressive range of information of all kinds on New Orleans including local terms and details on the differences between Cajuns and Creoles. See also Chuck Taggart's Gumbo Pages for King Cakes, beignets, muffulettas, heat, humidity, crawfish, Yats, hurricanes, gumbo, and red beans 'n rice! You have to look around on this overstuffed site but its there. San Francisco, also Boulevards San Francisco. Or the new official San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau site. For California'a vinyards try Wine Country information and useful maps. Seattle: Sidewalk, one of the first entries in an expected wave of new detailed city guides from Bill Gates. Sidewalk : Series so far includes: San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, New York, Twin Cities, Denver, Washington. Washington World. Washington Post guide to what's going on. See also Metrorail Map. American Slanguages. Talk like the locals when you get there. Scandal Tour. Entertaining tour of Washington's more human, more seamy side together with the Post storiesthat covered -- and in many cases exposed -- the scandals. Includes Fanne Foxe--the "Argentine firecracker," Wilbur Mills, Ollie and Fawn, Barney Frank, George Bush's staged 1989 coke event in Lafayette Park, Morris and Rowlands on the balcony talking to Bill and Hillary, the house where Gary Hart threw down the gauntlet to the press, the Barry Bust /redemption/ forgiveness, and of course, the master, Richard M. Nixon and friends--all here. Provides titles of book products that attempted to capitalize on each event--including the newest entry, Dick Morris "Behind the Oval Office," the result of a secret $2.5 million deal inked before the scandal.
MapQuest. Interactive atlas of US, free maps, personalized maps, etc.
Plane in Motion. Pump in flight number, etc. and see plane in motion, location, speed, etc..
Motel Americana. Essays on motels along lost American highways, especially routes 66 and 50.
HM USA Travel Guide. Designed for international visitors.
Roadside Magazine. Devoted to the survival of American diners. Explore the main streets and back roads of America, while enjoying great American diners.
Divided Highways The Interstates and the transformation of American life. President Dwight Eisenhower began planning in 1954 for a "grand plan for a properly articulated highway system" which, among other functions, could serve as a lifeline in the event of a nuclear war. Americans were supposed to begin driving in response to a nuclear attack. Where to? Nobody said. But what could be more American: the entire population on the open road, heading out.
The Blue Highway. ". . winds past the plantation houses of the Mississippi Delta to the south-side clubs and tenements of postwar Chicago. While it's a somber trip, humbling, and even distressing, it's also enchanting and joyful -- and reassuring in its success....The history of the blues is more than a musical chronology. The blues was born the day the West African shoreline fell from the horizon. It was raised amid the institutionalized savagery of the Deep South and flourished in the dark heart of America's largest cities....The Blue Highway, then, is dedicated to the men and women who traveled beyond our ignorant place, and to those who could not." Music, biographies, pictures, Chicago, etc... a truly first-class site. Well worth a visit.
Roadside America. Your Guide to Strange and Wacky Vacation Wonders.
Roadside Art Online. Much of America's great art can be seen from a car window.
The Barn Journal. Dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of traditional farm architecture
Center for the Study of Southern Culture. University of Mississippi.
Battan Death March. A biography of survival on the Bataan Death March and three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War.
North Platte Canteen Poster Art WWII Bataan Death March The Forgotten War The Chosin Few Korean War Project Vietnam Rememberance Fifth Marines-Vietnam Gulf War Parades Gulf War Veteran
The Appalachian Trail. One of the best AT trail guides available.
National Scenic Trails , National Historic Trails, and National Recreation Trails. Great long distance footpaths --with names like Allegheny National Scenic Trail, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Florida National Scenic Trail, Great Western Trail, Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, North Country National Scenic Trail, Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, etc.
Michigan's Ottawa National Forest Covers over one million acres, extending from the south shore of Lake Superior down to Wisconsin and the Nicolet National Forest.
Biking Capitol Reef National Park The single track trails and slickrock country around Moab, Utah are reportedly the best in the world for mountain bikers
Hot Rock Climbs in New Mexico
Big Bend National Park. Texas. Beautiful and enormous. Not yet crowded. Weather good all year around. The Great Spirit dumped all the leftover rocks on the Big Bend when he was through making the world--so say the local Indians.
Atlanta tour. 25-megabyte download. State of the art, 3-D from Webscape. Impressive. The next step?
Beach Guide for Southern California. From the Los Angeles Times.
Insider Guide to Boston, and Boston Marathon Tour. Tour the entire 26.2 mile site.
See Also Digital City : Chicago; and Chicago Electric Blues.
Hawaii. Another in the impressive Insider Guide series.
New York City, also Most New York or New York: Sidewalk.
Welcome to N'awlins A relatively plain and direct site which provides an impressive range of information of all kinds on New Orleans including local terms and details on the differences between Cajuns and Creoles. See also Chuck Taggart's Gumbo Pages for King Cakes, beignets, muffulettas, heat, humidity, crawfish, Yats, hurricanes, gumbo, and red beans 'n rice! You have to look around on this overstuffed site but its there.
San Francisco, also Boulevards San Francisco. Or the new official San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau site. For California'a vinyards try Wine Country information and useful maps.
Seattle: Sidewalk, one of the first entries in an expected wave of new detailed city guides from Bill Gates.
Sidewalk : Series so far includes: San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, New York, Twin Cities, Denver, Washington.
Washington World. Washington Post guide to what's going on. See also Metrorail Map.
American Slanguages. Talk like the locals when you get there.
Scandal Tour. Entertaining tour of Washington's more human, more seamy side together with the Post storiesthat covered -- and in many cases exposed -- the scandals. Includes Fanne Foxe--the "Argentine firecracker," Wilbur Mills, Ollie and Fawn, Barney Frank, George Bush's staged 1989 coke event in Lafayette Park, Morris and Rowlands on the balcony talking to Bill and Hillary, the house where Gary Hart threw down the gauntlet to the press, the Barry Bust /redemption/ forgiveness, and of course, the master, Richard M. Nixon and friends--all here. Provides titles of book products that attempted to capitalize on each event--including the newest entry, Dick Morris "Behind the Oval Office," the result of a secret $2.5 million deal inked before the scandal.
General Guidebook Publishers
Adventure West On-Line - outdoor activities and travel destinations throughout the West Arthur Frommer's Outspoken Encyclopedia of Travel - bargain tips, message boards and an online daily newsmagazine. BaseCamp -. Searchable directory of the outdoors near you. Fielding Worldwide, Inc. - for the experienced and adventurous traveler. Includes the world's largest Cruisefinder database and "The World's Most Dangerous Places" on-line. Fodor's - Old Standard guide to destinations around the world. Go West - guide to the outdoors in the American West. Insiders' Guides - "Best Guides to the Best Places." Let's Go Travel Guides - Let's Go brings you the world. Lonely Planet Online - down-to-earth travel information designed to kickstart your travels and help you on your way. Moon Travel Handbooks - more than a travel guide, our books include cultural essays, consumer reports and historical background as well as information on outdoor recreation, restaurants, hotels, and more. Mountain Zone - online magazine -- live events, information, and activities for people who work and play in the mountains. Outside Online - interactive, electronic outdoor community. Expert info about outdoor and adventure activities. Rough Guides - travel and music guide publishers. .
Adventure West On-Line - outdoor activities and travel destinations throughout the West
Arthur Frommer's Outspoken Encyclopedia of Travel - bargain tips, message boards and an online daily newsmagazine.
BaseCamp -. Searchable directory of the outdoors near you.
Fielding Worldwide, Inc. - for the experienced and adventurous traveler. Includes the world's largest Cruisefinder database and "The World's Most Dangerous Places" on-line.
Fodor's - Old Standard guide to destinations around the world.
Go West - guide to the outdoors in the American West.
Insiders' Guides - "Best Guides to the Best Places."
Let's Go Travel Guides - Let's Go brings you the world.
Lonely Planet Online - down-to-earth travel information designed to kickstart your travels and help you on your way.
Moon Travel Handbooks - more than a travel guide, our books include cultural essays, consumer reports and historical background as well as information on outdoor recreation, restaurants, hotels, and more.
Mountain Zone - online magazine -- live events, information, and activities for people who work and play in the mountains.
Outside Online - interactive, electronic outdoor community. Expert info about outdoor and adventure activities.
Rough Guides - travel and music guide publishers.
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