- 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
"1,000 Places to See Before You Die" (ISBN 0-7611-0484-4) is a
2003 travel book byPatricia Schultz .Among the "1,000 places" in the book are
Robert Louis Stevenson 's home inWestern Samoa and the trail of theLewis and Clark Expedition in theUnited States .On March 29,
2007 , theTravel Channel andDiscovery HD Theater premiered a series based on the book's locations.Book summary
The chapter titles give a rough indication of the book's contents:
*Chapter 1: "
Europe : FromWindsor Castle to theHighland Games ofScotland ,Vézelay inBurgundy toÁvila inSpain , Count Dracula's Castle inRomania to Santa's Village inFinland "*Chapter 2: "
Africa : From the Great Pyramids ofGiza to theImilchil Betrothal Fair inMorocco ,Kenya 'sMasai Mara to Namibia'sSkeleton Coast ,South Africa 'sDrakensberg Mountains toStone Town inZanzibar "*Chapter 3: "The
Middle East : From theDead Sea to Jerusalem's Old City,Petra inJordan toKrak des Chevaliers inSyria ,Dubai 's GoldSouk toYemen 's OldSana'a ",Iraq to Afghanistan.*Chapter 4: "
Asia : FromBeijing 'sForbidden City toXi'an 's Terra-Cotta Warriors,Japan 'sSapporo Snow Festival toCalcutta 's Marble Palace,Turkey 'sWhirling Dervishes to theMekong Delta inVietnam "*Chapter 5: "
Australia ,New Zealand , and thePacific Islands : From theSydney Opera House toAyers Rock ,New Zealand 'sTasman Glacier to theCook Islands ' Dance Festival, theSepik River inPapua New Guinea toTonga 'sHeilala Festival "*Chapter 6: "The United States of America and
Canada : FromAlaska 'sInside Passage to Savannah's Historic District, the Art Institute inChicago to theFrench Quarter inNew Orleans , theLas Vegas Strip toNew York 'sFinger Lakes Region,Monticello inVirginia toJackson Hole inWyoming ,Skating theRideau Canal inOttawa to Heli-Skiing inBritish Columbia "*Chapter 7: "
Latin America : From the Mayan Ruins of Palenque inMexico toBelize 's Barrier Reef, the San Blas Archipelago ofPanama toBuenos Aires ' Tango Bars, Chile's Wine Region to the OtavoloMarket inEcuador ,Machu Picchu inPeru to thePenguin Rookeries ofAntarctica "*Chapter 8: "
The Caribbean ,Bahamas , andBermuda : From Cap Juluca inAnguilla to theShark Rodeo at Walker's Cay in theBahamas ,Cuba 'sJazz Festival toSailing theGrenadines ,Old San Juan inPuerto Rico toSaba National Marine Park "Discovery HD Theater Series (TV video)
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -
Alaska
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Australia
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Brazil
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Cambodia
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Italy
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Hawaii
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -France
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Nepal
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -South Africa
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Mexico
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Peru
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -India
* "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" -Canada ee also
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Travel Channel
*1,000 Places to See Before You Die (TV series)
*1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die External links
* [http://www.1000beforeyoudie.com/ Book's official website]
* [http://travel.discovery.com/tv/1000-places/1000-places.html Travel Channel series' website]
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