The Southwest area generally extends over Arizona, New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado and Utah. The first humans to inhabit the Americas are presumed to have moved from N.E. Asia across a land bridge, known as Beringia, exposed in the Bering Sea region several times during the Ice…

Ahh … a relaxing weekend just you and your spouse or just the girls. Where will you go? What will you do? Ever think about taking a drive along the California Coast and visiting the wineries? We have the perfect map for you, Califonia Wine Country. Want to sound like…

Okay, let’s think “outside the box here”, that box-like electronic device. Our dependence on cell phones, computers, tablets and navigation systems begs the question: what did we do before all these toys? In the case of travel planning, we looked at maps before going off on our journey. This may…

As a tourist, to understand the City of San Francisco use the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MAP to see San Francisco in its context on the Peninsula. The terrain of the region is versatile, with many views of the Bay from the hills to the north and east of San…

The City of San Francisco is unique and wonderful. Blessed with a temperate climate and set on naturally beautiful terrain surrounded on three sides by water. The topography of its many hills offers splendid vistas. Views of the Pacific Ocean from the beaches, views from Twin Peaks over the City or…

Continued from Part 1 1950’s: Postwar Boom As automobile and truck traffic increased, the businesses along U.S. Route 66 served the travelers’ needs. Service stations, restaurants, auto camps and cottages, later motels, sprang up, some of them in the most astonishing architectural styles – restaurants in the form of a…

Do you want to go back to the road’s very beginnings? Or experience somewhere along the way at a diner, in an “oldies” car, or perhaps in a teepee? Find out what the road was, from Steinbeck’s to Bobby Troop’s vision of it. Weathered, withered, wondrous: the Okie’s ‘glory road’….

Think of taking a leisurely drive along the California Coast and visiting Napa Valley wineries? Wine tasting can be a relaxing way to spend a weekend. We carry several maps of California, Oregon, and Washington Wineries. Here’s a primer to what you’ll learn during your wine tour: Nose NOSE includes aroma…

Around the world, Napa wine country is certainly most known for being “wine country” for the entire United States. California’s wine comes out in the top tier of wines internationally. This has been true since 1976 when California wine started winning international awards. Year after year the epitome of quality…

You have good spatial recognition, or maybe you don’t. For example, you happen to be in San Diego. Do you go out of your hotel room heading toward the elevator and go off in the wrong direction? Do you open a street map and feel fairly overwhelmed, fold it back…