From the dense misty rainforests of the Alaskan Panhandle to the last desolate, treeless island in the Aleutian chain, North America’s northwest lives up to its own mythologies.
With advice for extreme adventure, from heli-skiing to spelunking and mountaineering, Let’s Go Alaska: Adventure Guide ensures that the region also lives up to your wildest expectations. Packed with must-have tips for survival in the Alaskan wilderness (including bear safety) and essential advice for getting around, this guide also offers entries in a range of price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more. Let’s Go Alaska provides detailed maps of cities, towns, and the outdoors so that you can chart your own course, whether it be kayaking down the crevasses of calving glaciers or catching and roasting salmon over a taiga campfire.

People have been arriving awestruck at this far-flung island at the edge of the earth for over 40,000 years. Even for today’s visitors, the island-continent retains a magical, dream-like quality, unlike anywhere else on earth. Where else are you presented a choice among world-class wine-tasting, getting dangerously close to a salt-water croc, fashioning yourself a didge, snorkeling in vast expanses of coral reef, and dancing the night away at the largest club in the Southern Hemisphere? Let’s Go Australia offers entries in a range of price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more. A new Great Outdoors section provides essential advice for Outback driving, as well as a guide to all the authentic Aussie lingo you’ll need. The detailed maps of cities, towns, and the outdoors will help you plan your trip, get around, and stay safe as you discover this ancient continent’s secret: it’s not a dream, it’s Australia.

Boston is a restless stew of compact neighborhoods, dramatically distinct communities, winning cultural attractions, and acres of urban parks – all of which are best sampled on foot. With expanded coverage of Cape Cod and the islands, Let’s Go Boston provides detailed neighborhood maps, walking tours, and photos to ensure that you make the most of this most American of American cities. With entries in a range of price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more, Let’s Go will steer you straight to the best bars, pubs, clubs, and festivals in Boston. Uncover the city’s best Latin food in eclectic Jamaica Plain, revisit the Pilgrim days at Plimoth Plantation, or get lost in the world’s largest hologram collection.

Experiencing California is like cruising down the length of its immortalized Highway 1. Crashing waves, sheer coastal bluffs, monumental redwoods, expansive ocean sunsets, and camera-clicking sightseers struck by it all converge on this asphalt horizon. Let’s Go California offers expanded coverage of California’s most vibrant cities, packed with advice on mountain biking, whitewater rafting, skiing, surfing, and other activities. With entries in a range of price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more – as well as detailed maps of cities, towns, and the outdoors – Let’s Go California is a must-have tool for planning your trip, getting around, and staying safe. Sample fifteen kinds of sake for free while learning how it’s brewed, work as an “atmospheric actor” in Hollywood, or get the inside scoop on where to spot the hottest stars in LA.

In every way, Mexico is a country of extremes. Along the coasts, steamy jungles teeming with rare flora and fauna give way to pristine, white-sand beaches. In the north and Baja, dry deserts form the most inhospitable places on Earth. Let’s Go Mexico helps take you from one extreme to the next with its must-have tips, detailed maps, and entries in a range of prices for lodging, food, attractions, and more. Let’s Go tells you where to sample oysters fresh from their source, cheer divers as they hurl themselves from La Quebrada’s cliffs, and trek through jungle to the Maya murals of Bonampak.

For outsiders, comprehending D.C. as anything more than a passionless hub of politics and pomposity often presents a serious challenge. Its residents and other D.C. enthusiasts, though, love the city because they know its true nature: a thriving international city filled with cultural offerings on par with the finest in the world. Let’s Go Washington D.C. gives an insider’s look at life in the city so that you too can play chess with the locals at Dupont Circle, applaud a free performance at the Kennedy Center, and cavort with the wild ponies of Chincoteague, Virginia. With entries in a range of price levels for lodging, food, attractions, and more – as well as detailed neighborhood maps, walking tours, and photos – Let’s Go Washington D.C. is a must-have tool for planning your trip, getting around, and staying safe.