Heaven on Earth : 100 places to see in your lifetime

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Life Books, [2005]Description: 122 p.: chiefly color illustrationsISBN: 9781933405056; 1933405058Subject(s): Historic sites -- Pictorial works | Natural history -- Pictorial works | Architecture -- Pictorial works | Travel -- Guidebooks | Geography -- Pictorial works | United States -- Pictorial works | North America -- Pictorial works | Architecture | Geography | Historic sites | Natural history | Travel | North America | United StatesDDC classification: 910.021
Contents:
America: The Grand Canyon ; Katmai ; Lake Tahoe ; Nantucket ; Big Sur ; Acadia ; Charleston ; Denali ; Monument Valley ; Hoh Rainforest ; The Great Smoky Mountains ; The Florida Keys ; Mount Rushmore ; The San Francisco Bay Area ; Yellowstone ; Natchez Trace ; Mammoth Cave ; Yosemite ; The Statute of Liberty -- The world: The Acropolis ; The Great Wall of Chine ; The Galápagos Islands ; South Georgia Island ; Venice ; Angkor Wat ; The Cyclades ; The Lake District ; The Namib Desert ; The Amazon ; Geiranger Fjord ; Easter Island ; The Australian Outback ; Bali ; St. Petersburg ; Abu Simbel ; Iguac̦u Falls ; Madagascar ; Amsterdam ; Belize ; Stonehenge ; Hong Kong ; The Serengeti ; The Giant's Causeway ; New Zealand ; Istanbul ; Mont Blanc ; Prague ; Barcelona ; The Great Barrier Reef ; The Dingle Peninsula ; Bruges ; Torres del Paine ; Bhaktapur ; The Mausoleum of Antiochus ; The Sea of Galilee ; Kyoto ; The Great Pyramid ; Tallinn ; Rio de Janeiro ; Petra The Black Forest ; Guilin ; The Okavango Delta ; Machu Picchu ; The Colosseum ; Barbados ; Iceland ; The Seychelles ; Churchill ; The Taj Mahal ; Lake Lucerne ; London ; Bermuda ; Guadalajara ; The Potala Palace ; Tasmania ; Sydney Harbor ; The Maldives ; Jigokudani ; Dubrovnik ; Buenos Aires ; Tuscany ; The Isle of Wight ; Monte Albán ; Tikal ; Paris ; Copenhagen ; Fez ; The Lot ; Cartagena ; Krabi ; Antibes ; Vancouver ; Phan Thiet ; Registan Square ; Yamdrok Yamdrok Lake ; Budapest ; Vienna ; Mount Kilimanjaro -- Just one more.
Summary: Gorgeous full-color photography, accompanied by detailed descriptions, captures some of the world's most beautiful and intriguing travel destinations, ranging from Australia's Great Barrier Reef or Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro to the Grand Canyon and Nantucket Island. From the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx to the mysteries of Easter Island and Stonehenge, the editors of "Life" draw on the world's finest photography to reveal why you must include these truly special 100 places in your life's itinerary. Drink in the kaleidoscope that is Australia's Great Barrier Reef and gaze at the majesty of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro. Sample the sophisticated splendour of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris and the sun-baked wonders of the fortress city of the Andes, Machu Picchu. And, of course, the treasures of America are not forgotten, such as the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon and the serene Atlantic beauty of Nantucket Island.
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Also issued with subtitle: 100 must-see destinations.
Also issued with designation: Volume 5, number 4, May 15, 2006.

America:
The Grand Canyon ;
Katmai ;
Lake Tahoe ;
Nantucket ;
Big Sur ;
Acadia ;
Charleston ;
Denali ;
Monument Valley ;
Hoh Rainforest ;
The Great Smoky Mountains ;
The Florida Keys ;
Mount Rushmore ;
The San Francisco Bay Area ;
Yellowstone ; Natchez Trace ;
Mammoth Cave ; Yosemite ;
The Statute of Liberty --
The world: The Acropolis ;
The Great Wall of Chine ;
The Galápagos Islands ;
South Georgia Island ;
Venice ;
Angkor Wat ;
The Cyclades ;
The Lake District ;
The Namib Desert ;
The Amazon ;
Geiranger Fjord ;
Easter Island ;
The Australian Outback ;
Bali ;
St. Petersburg ;
Abu Simbel ;
Iguac̦u Falls ;
Madagascar ;
Amsterdam ;
Belize ;
Stonehenge ;
Hong Kong ;
The Serengeti ;
The Giant's Causeway ;
New Zealand ; Istanbul ;
Mont Blanc ; Prague ;
Barcelona ;
The Great Barrier Reef ;
The Dingle Peninsula ;
Bruges ;
Torres del Paine ;
Bhaktapur ;
The Mausoleum of Antiochus ;
The Sea of Galilee ;
Kyoto ;
The Great Pyramid ;
Tallinn ; Rio de Janeiro ;
Petra The Black Forest ;
Guilin ; The Okavango Delta ;
Machu Picchu ; The Colosseum ;
Barbados ;
Iceland ;
The Seychelles ;
Churchill ;
The Taj Mahal ;
Lake Lucerne ;
London ;
Bermuda ;
Guadalajara ;
The Potala Palace ;
Tasmania ;
Sydney Harbor ;
The Maldives ;
Jigokudani ;
Dubrovnik ;
Buenos Aires ;
Tuscany ;
The Isle of Wight ;
Monte Albán ;
Tikal ;
Paris ;
Copenhagen ;
Fez ;
The Lot ;
Cartagena ;
Krabi ;
Antibes ;
Vancouver ;
Phan Thiet ;
Registan Square ;
Yamdrok Yamdrok Lake ;
Budapest ;
Vienna ;
Mount Kilimanjaro --
Just one more.

Gorgeous full-color photography, accompanied by detailed descriptions, captures some of the world's most beautiful and intriguing travel destinations, ranging from Australia's Great Barrier Reef or Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro to the Grand Canyon and Nantucket Island.

From the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx to the mysteries of Easter Island and Stonehenge, the editors of "Life" draw on the world's finest photography to reveal why you must include these truly special 100 places in your life's itinerary. Drink in the kaleidoscope that is Australia's Great Barrier Reef and gaze at the majesty of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro. Sample the sophisticated splendour of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris and the sun-baked wonders of the fortress city of the Andes, Machu Picchu. And, of course, the treasures of America are not forgotten, such as the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon and the serene Atlantic beauty of Nantucket Island.

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