The "People Power" Travel Superbook Book 7. United States Travel Guide (A Framework of Websites for the Nation & Every Local Area, Covers Tourist Attractions, Hotels, Events, Etc.)

The United States of America covers a land area of 3,618,770 square miles (9,408,802 sq. km.) and is inhabited by some 341,000,000 individuals.

For general state websites, try typing the name of the state followed by .cc, .com, .gov, .net, .org and .us like:

alabama.cc
alabama.com
alabama.gov
alabama.net
alabama.org
alabama.us

A formula for contacting the state government in any capacity is to use the website "state.zz.us", the zz representing the two letter abbreviation of the state, for example:

state.zz.us becomes state.al.us for alabama.

Try marvel.loc.gov/federal/state.local for general government information.

For cities, refer to the cities section and type in the city name followed by .com, .gov, .net, .org and .us. Try typing the name of the city in followed by the state two letter abbreviation then us like natchez.ms.us or newyork.ny.us.

An option is co.name of county.two letter state abbreviation.us like co.honolulu.hi.us.

Another option is community.name of community.two letter state abbreviation.us like

community.floyd.va.us

For towns, try:

town.ashland.va.us

For cities try:

ci.hopewell.va.us

Beyond the free tourist guides from the many tourist bureaus out there, Fodor's and Frommer's each sell United States tourist guides that go around a thousand pages each and sell at a good price in paperback form.

If you plan to travel in the western states, Sunset Magazine (sunset.com), 800-967-3189 has lots of ads about tourism places and a free feature where you circle what tourist info you want on a postcard and they send it to you or call the above number and ask if they have brochures for the area you're interested in.

The Places Rated Almanac is at #307.764 at the library.

Try #917 at the library.