IINN TTHHEE UUNNIITTEEDD SSTTAATTEESS &&CCAANNAADDAA TM b y P A T R I C I A S C H U L T Z WORKMAN PUBLISHING, NEW YORK A I N N M P O R T A N T O T E T R O E A D E R S T hough every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the travel information contained in this book (and all contact information and prices have been updated for 2011), such information can change at any time. Readers should be sure to check websites and to call ahead for confirmation when making any travel plans. The author, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for travel conditions that may differ from those described in this book. And if you discover any out-of-date or incorrect information in the book, we would very much appreciate it if you would let us know via our website, www.1000BeforeYou Die.com. 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Special editions or book excerpts also can be created to specification. For details, contact the Special Sales Director at the address below or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014-4381 www.workman.com Printed in the United States of America First Printing, updated edition: February 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 T he whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. —GILBERT K. CHESTERTON In loving memory of the two finest parents of all time, Leonard and Mary Schultz A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S O ne thousand thank yous do not begin to express my gratitude to Workman publishing for this opportunity to create a companion travel book that I hope will match the spirit and breadth of the first 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. At the helm of the veritable village and talents shared the herculean task it took to create this 1,200-plus-page of making this book happen on time— tome is the wise and ever infallible with a tweak, nudge, polish, hone, query, Peter Workman: How did he know that and edit along the way. Front and center a book whose title touched upon dying I must thank my editor Margot Herrera, would galvanize so many people to get who gives new meaning to the expres- off the couch and live? I am honored sion “sunny disposition” and whose that Peter believed I was up to the chal- unflappable nature worked as the glue lenge and coaxed another list of a that kept this project together. Cut thousand favorites out of me. I am from the same cloth is her assistant happy that he recognized that our own extra ordinaire, Cassie Murdoch, who great country and its northern neighbor managed to convince me that she lived and their countless beauties deserve to make my life easier. Also on their the same attention previously showered team is the tireless intern Alicia upon the globe. Matusheski, whom I’m told never ever Only a writer will understand that complains. he or she is but the smallest of pieces Paul Hanson’s design sensibility, in a far larger and complex jigsaw first applied to the original edition, puzzle. The well-oiled and creatively was kept fresh and exciting in this organized Workman Publishing family sibling book, expertly assisted by his always saw the big picture. They left colleague Orlando Adiao. Patrick me to roam the continent, hunt down Borelli also has my gratitude for his 1,000 destinations while they made endless iterations of the cover. Other in- sense of my scribblings back home, dispensable team members include whipping them into the handsome Barbara Peragine, who worked on layout book you now hold in your hands. and typesetting around the clock; This cast of disparate characters Katherine Camargo, keeper of the schedule; production editor Carol White, Midwestern states as does Linda who dotted all i’s and crossed all t’s; Romine for her knowledge of her home photo researcher Aaron Clendening, turf, Indiana, and many points south; who pored over oceans of images in they were both a joy to work with. order to make the right match; and Michael Shapiro, Mary Herzcog, and production supervisor Doug Wolff, who Erika Lenkert helped me make sense of oversaw the book’s printing. California’s bounty of possibilities, while Workman’s editor-in-chief, Suzie Julian Smith shared his unlimited love Bolotin, has been unwavering in her of the Four Corners, as Hawaiian resi- support, most appreciated during those dent Jeanette Foster did for her Pacific bumpy patches and moments of short- home. Andrew Collins lent insight into lived despair. Pat Upton and Jenny all things Southern, as Judy Jewell and Mandel, in licensing and special sales, James McQuillen did for the Pacific and the publicity team of Amy Corley, Northwest and David Schwan did for Ron Longe, and Oleg Lyubner are deter- Illinois. I’d also like to thank June mined that this new book enjoy much of Naylor, Marie Morris, David Wallace, the recognition of its predecessor. Rick Steelhammer, Jason Tesauro, and Among my fellow travelers, first Erin Burke. and foremost many thanks to former And of course I owe countless Manhattanite and now Portland, Oregon- thanks to all the people along this based writer/editor Matt Hannafin, who journey, from the tourism folks in was part of this book from the beginning far-flung Alaska, to those who showed and worked overtime on a grab bag of me corners of Canada that I didn’t U.S. cities and states. I am also pro- know (including the wonderful Maritime foundly grateful to two others who were provinces of New Brunswick, Nova indispensable in the book’s completion: Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), Bill McCrae, the quintessential travel to the hospitable Cajun communities authority of a dying breed, whose love in the Louisiana bayou, and everyone in for exploration and learning and between. Together they made this the inherent sense of perfection and pride is road trip of a lifetime. We have tried our something I aspire to, and Anitra Brown, heartfelt best to capture the magic and placed next to me by fate on the inau- history and majesty of this continent we gural sailing of the Queen Mary 2, who call our home, and share with you the became a fast and famous friend of inde- inspiration to experience it for yourself. fatigable assistance in making many of The daunting size of such a project these chapters happen. Tina Lassen means an error or two is bound to jump deserves my thanks for her help with the off the page; for this we apologize and encourage you to contact us at www precious as an old friend, and shares .1000BeforeYouDie.com. with me every vicissitude brought on by Profound thanks to my sister, my life and work, its successes and Rosalyn Vross, for putting up with me wealth of blessings. I’d like to give a for all these years; to her husband, Ed, special shout-out to Elizabeth Ragagli, my go-to guy for military history, Alaska who encourages me to do un-Patricia- info, and all things field-and-stream- like things such as snowshoeing in related; and to their children, Star, Jackson Hole when I am more inclined Corey and Brittany, who are my chil- to check out the great indoors (“Does dren and who, I hope, have vicariously this hotel have a spa?”), and to Anita enjoyed coming along for the ride. And Flannery, who plays Thelma to my to my Aunts Dorothy and Kitty, whom I Louise (or perhaps it’s the other way aspire to be like when I grow up. around) during jaunts through the And at the end of the day, it is breathtaking canyons of Utah and mid- the quiet support of my friends that town Manhattan. allows me to tolerate the eight-day Maya Angelou once said you can weeks and deadline-fueled weekends, judge people by how they handle tan- who patiently listen when I bemoan how gled Christmas tree lights and lost much I miss my life, and are unsurpris- luggage. Nick Stringas laughs at lost ingly packed and ready to go when I luggage, wrong turns, and canceled come up for air and mention the need flights—always with a smile the size of for a travel fix. Teddy Sitter is confirma- Montana—reminding me that there’s tion that there is nothing in life so no such thing as a bad trip. C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION (cid:129) x REDISCOVERING MY OWN BACKYARD x A FEW NUTS AND BOLTS xiii T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S (cid:129) 1 NEW ENGLAND 3 CONNECTICUT 5(cid:129) MAINE 20(cid:129) MASSACHUSETTS 38(cid:129) NEWHAMPSHIRE 69(cid:129) RHODEISLAND 81(cid:129) VERMONT 91 MID-ATLANTIC 111 DELAWARE 113 (cid:129) MARYLAND 117 (cid:129) NEW JERSEY 129 (cid:129) NEW YORK 140 (cid:129) PENNSYLVANIA 206 (cid:129) VIRGINIA 233 (cid:129) WASHINGTON, D.C. 256 (cid:129) WEST VIRGINIA 273 THE SOUTHEAST 287 ALABAMA 289 (cid:129) FLORIDA 301 (cid:129) GEORGIA 329 (cid:129) NORTH CAROLINA 355 (cid:129) SOUTH CAROLINA 376 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 389 ARKANSAS 391 (cid:129) KENTUCKY 402 (cid:129) LOUISIANA 419 (cid:129) MISSISSIPPI 435 (cid:129) MISSOURI 446 (cid:129) TENNESSEE 462 THE MIDWEST 481 ILLINOIS 483 (cid:129) INDIANA 503 (cid:129) IOWA 514 (cid:129) MICHIGAN 523 (cid:129) MINNESOTA 545 (cid:129) OHIO 558 (cid:129) WISCONSIN 572 GREAT PLAINS 589 IDAHO 591 (cid:129) KANSAS 608 (cid:129) MONTANA 612 (cid:129) NEBRASKA 630 (cid:129) NORTH DAKOTA 637 (cid:129) OKLAHOMA 644 (cid:129) SOUTH DAKOTA 652 (cid:129) WYOMING 660 FOUR CORNERS AND THE SOUTHWEST 679 ARIZONA 681 (cid:129) COLORADO 702 (cid:129) NEVADA 724 (cid:129) NEW MEXICO 734 (cid:129) TEXAS 755 (cid:129) UTAH 787 WEST COAST 803 CALIFORNIA 805 (cid:129) OREGON 864 (cid:129) WASHINGTON 884 ALASKA AND HAWAII 907 ALASKA 909 (cid:129) HAWAII 927 C A N A DA (cid:129) 9 7 1 EASTERN CANADA 973 NEW BRUNSWICK 975 (cid:129) NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 979 (cid:129) NOVA SCOTIA 985 (cid:129) NUNAVUT 993 (cid:129) ONTARIO 994 (cid:129) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1008 (cid:129) QUEBEC 1011 WESTERN CANADA 1023 ALBERTA 1025 (cid:129) BRITISH COLUMBIA 1036 (cid:129) MANITOBA 1064 (cid:129) NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1067 (cid:129) SASKATCHEWAN 1068 (cid:129) THE YUKON 1071 I N D E X E S (cid:129) 1 0 7 3 SPECIAL INDEXES 1073 ACTIVE TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1074 (cid:129) CULINARY EXPERIENCES 1082 (cid:129) FIRST-RATE HOTELS, RESORTS, AND SPAS 1084 (cid:129) FOR THE CULTURALLY MINDED 1092 (cid:129) GLORIOUS NATURE 1100 (cid:129) GREAT GOLF 1106 (cid:129) LOVELY BEACHES AND GETAWAY ISLANDS 1108 (cid:129) SCENIC DRIVES, TRAIN TRIPS, AND CRUISES 1109 (cid:129) SPORTS FANS, TAKE NOTE 1111 (cid:129) TAKE THE KIDS 1112 (cid:129) WINDOWS ON THE PAST 1114 GENERAL INDEX 1119