Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love and nothing symbolizes this more clearly than the city's historic and artistic landmarks. Through this essential guide for tourists, history buffs, and the simply curious, 130 monuments and memorials are showcased by 170 candid photographs displaying specific categorized descriptions and locations of Philadelphia, e.g. Fairmount Park, Chinatown, Independence Mall, Penn's Landing, Center City, and more. Visit sites commemorating historical events, including the famed Liberty Bell and memorials of over 40 military leaders; and Robert Indiana's famous Love sculpture. Learn about eminent citizens recognized for their battlefield tactics, business acumen, philanthropy, or political savoir faire. Enjoy your next visit to Philadelphia!

This revised and expanded second edition serves as your tour guide to the monuments and memorials, traffic circles, parks, and Arlington National Cemetery. Washington, D.C. is a great place to learn American history. Many new images feature monuments to American patriot Nathan Hale and the great writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, and inventors Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. Tour the American Civil War Memorial, Iwo Jima/United States Marine Corps Memorial, Tomb of the Unknowns, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Learn about the planned memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr. Easy-to-use and essential for anyone planning a vacation in Washington, D.C., it provides a check-off list so you can see and do everything.

Tour the cemeteries of Pennsylvania's three original counties (Philadelphia, Delaware, and Chester--"The Birthplace of America"). This fascinating guide includes twenty maps providing locations for twenty burial grounds. Over 145 color images present graveyard monuments, ranging from simple early headstones of the 1600s to imposing Victorian ziggurats. View the penny-strewn grave of Benjamin Franklin, the monumental marker of General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a granite obelisk commemorating the Revolutionary War's Paoli Massacre, mausoleums of Millionaires' Row at Laurel Hill, simple markers for runaway slaves seeking freedom, and the cast iron gates believed to prevent the wandering of restless souls. Fascinating stories, sure to captivate the reader, include tales of such ghostly doings as ticking tombstones, a long departed general in search of his bones, spectral appearances of soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and races with the Devil. For those readers with a passion for history, this book will be truly compelling.

Some phrases conjure a sense of danger, at least the possibility that something will go wrong. Few drivers become paralyzed with fear when passing a sign warning of potentially adverse road conditions. But there exists the small chance that a slippery surface will cause the vehicle of some hapless motorist to careen off the asphalt, smash through a guardrail and land upside down in a culvert, the car's tires spinning helplessly seconds before a hellish conflagration. (A bit dramatic, yes). Hence the title Bridge May Be Icy for this compendium of mystery, mayhem and murder.