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You can probably find at least one UseNet bulletin board that will match your interests. For instructions
check the UseNets section on the Web Page.
- DeLorme Cyber Maps and Cyber Router
- Type in a starting U.S. city and destination and receive an itinerary that includes mileage, time, and directions for each leg of a trip. You can request maps and print them.
- Lonely Planet Travel Centre
- is a very informative resource with many long, well-written, and illustrated descriptions that were contributed by the "people who've been there, done that and want to do it again." "Postcards" give travel tips based on the experiences of ordinary travelers like you and me. There are pictorial tours of exotic places. " Detours are not for everyone. They're for travellers who don't expect too many creature comforts along the way, and who are enchanted by the idea of getting to some of the lost and forgotten places on the planet." You can access destinations via a pictorial map or for quicker retrieval of articles use the Text Express. North American Destinations are still under construction, but the rest of the planet is well represented.
- Travel Reports from Digimark
- Galaxy Travel
- GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Home Page
- users can quickly access information about Recreational Resources and Facilities by Activity Type.
Activities covered include: Hiking, Biking, Climbing, Fishing, Paddlesports, Skiing, Bird Watching, Wildlife Viewing, Caving,
Windsurfing, Hang Gliding and Scuba Diving.
Attractions include numerous links to resources on National Parks, Forests, Wilderness Areas, Wildlife Refuges, National Monuments, National Wildlife Refuges. Foreign Travel destinations are also covered.
- State Parks Online
- has links for State parks in all states. Most of the sites are maintained by State tourism offices. Select a link from an image map or text list.
- City.Net
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is " the most comprehensive international guide to communities around the world. City.Net is updated each
day to provide easy and timely access to information on travel, entertainment, and local business, plus government and
community services for all regions of the world." Access via the City.Net World Interactive Map or the City.Net Search Form.
- NovaLink Travel Weekly's Home Page
- U.S. Destinations,U.S. Destinations arranged by state has entries for most states plus specific attractions.
- Travel Medicine
- has links to execellent information about how to stay healthy when you travel and what to do when illness strikes.
- Web Travelogue Reviews
- "Web Travel Review is dedicated to bringing you high quality travelogues illustrated with thousands of
photographs and the fastest service on the Internet (T3 to the Backbone)."
- Domestic Airline Fares Consumer Report
- supplies a PDF document that gives the average retail cost of the market leading and cheapest airline fares for the top 1000 largest city-pair air routes. Flights are for the contiguous 48 states, which covers 75% or all flights. Data released quarterly. From the Department of Transportation.
- Moon Travel Home Page
- has a few of its travel books on the web, including images, and other interesting projects. Use the Gopher Index Search to find specific information.
- Britannia Internet Magazine
- is a pleasant balance between text and graphics that tells much about contemporary British culture. Includes many interesting life style articles about how the people live. Covers History, geography, food, London, and has excellent travelogues.
- Hong Kong Tourist Agency
- has comprehensive information on all aspects of touring Hong Kong, including: tours, accomodations, restaurants, sights, history and culture, and maps.
- Taiwan
- covers all aspects of the ROC (Republic of China) including tourism. Provided by the information Division of the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York City. Also see take the Tour of Taiwan from the
Tung Nan Junior College of Technology.
- State of Alaska Homepage offers travel information as well as general information about Alaskan, history, native cultures, government, regions, commerce, etc.
- State of New Mexico Tourism has a very well designed graphical interface.
- New Zealand/Aotearoa on the Web
- offers comprehensive coverage of New Zealand including tourism information.
- Traveling by Rail: World Sites
- from the National Model Railroad Association.
- Subway navigator has complete maps for most of the World's underground systems.
- Southwest Airlines Home Gate
- is a very useful airline WWW site. Users can easily find flight and fare information as well as useful information about destination cities.
- Jeff Napier's Bicycle Repair
- has basic advice and specific how-to-do instructions for most bicycle repairs.
- WWW.Bikelane.com
- has excellent coverage of all aspects of cycling, including: commuting and advocacy, magazines,
companies, organizations and clubs, rides and touring information, racing calendars and information, mountain biking, safety, and USCF team information. Created by Bryn Dole
- GORP - Bird Watching and Related Information on Birds
- is a good starting place for birding.
- Birds from the U.S. National Park Service
- has no images but but provides lists of birds and other animals that are resident at National Parks. Provides Order, Family, Latin Name, Common Name, Presence, Resident Status, and Abundance.
- University of Pennsylvania Birding
- Please go to the Gardening Page for gardening and horticultural information. There will be links back to this position on the Fun Page.
- Jurassic Net Dinosaurs
- Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley
- Cartalk
- continues the wacky humor and insightful advice about cars and many other aspects of life that are the essential elements of the NPR radio program. It's also one the best designed and most communicative sites on the Web. You can hear highlights from selected progams using Realaudio Player , checkout the puzzlers, read Click 'n' Clack's newspaper columns, find if there are any recalls, crash tests, or complaints about your model of car. You can also order from the "Shamless Commerce Division" or send mail to Tom and Ray.
- Edmunds Car prices
- is a recognized source for finding fair car prices. For new cars it gives dealer cost. Pricing for used cars is specific to year, model, equipment and mileage. Kelly's Blue Book has prices for cars and trucks before 1987 and gives trade-in prices based on equipment, mileage, zip code, and condition of the vehicle
- ReelViews Movie Reviews
- is an impressive film review site
that contains, at present, nearly 1,000 reviews. James Berardinelli, the site creator, must not have much time left in his day after he watches all those movies and then writes long thoughtful reviews.
- Dog Breeds
- is a fine resource if you are considering selecting a suitable canine companion. The alphabetical list is huge. About half of the descriptions include a pictorial of the breed. All entries give the size, weight, requirements for having a happy dog, and links to breed specific Web pages.
- Natural History and Art Museums on the Web
- is a comprehensive source that describes and links to Museums throughout the World. From the Los Angeles Musuem of Natural History. This a good site for virtual exhibits, real exhibit schedules, and information about museums.
- National Gallery of Art
- is an outstanding site. It's easy to find information and images about the vast holdings of the museum. You can search by artist, title of work, period and medium, or subject of the work. Plus, learn about the current and future exhibits. There are bibliographies, exhibit histories, ownership histories and maps for each work of art at the site. There are many images, but the majority of the works do not yet have images.
- WebMuseum
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thousands of high quality images of European painting, Japanese art and architecture, and Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry are accompanied by criticism and history of the works and their creators. Articles are only moderately long, but laymen and undergradute students will find the text very useful.
- Galaxy Humor
- Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
- Tai Chi
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