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Time to Start Planning Your Next Vacation
Posted about 25 days ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, Nature and Travel and Nonfiction | Tagged with automobile travel, backpacking, Canada, cruise ships, cruises, Curiosities and wonders, drives, Europe, excursions, family recreation, getaways, guidebooks, hiking, Indiana, journeys, National Parks, Ohio, single people - travel, trails, travel, travel - safety measures, trips, United States Travel, vacation and Volunteer tourism
Oodles of inspiration for your next great vacation, roadtrip, getaway or excursion.
Continue Reading: Time to Start Planning Your Next VacationTravel via Mystery Novels
Posted 4 months ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, Fiction, Mysteries and Thrillers and Nature and Travel | Tagged with armchair travel, fiction, foreign countries, Mysteries, reading recommendations and travel
Are you unable to afford the expense or time for a vacation? Try reading one of these mysteries set in exotic cultures and/or locales where the place is just as much a part of the story as the characters and plot.
Continue Reading: Travel via Mystery NovelsThe Final Frontier: Great Books and Dvds on Outer Space
Posted 5 months ago by Amy H
Posted in Nature and Travel and Science Fiction and Fantasy | Tagged with astrophysics, galaxy, outter space, space, travel and universe
With NASA firmly setting sights on trips to Mars, what better time to look up and learn more about the universe around us? Fortunately, we have some fantastic books and DVDs to get us going.
Continue Reading: The Final Frontier: Great Books and Dvds on Outer SpaceDeath in the National Parks
Posted 9 months ago by Katie M
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, History and Politics, Nature and Travel and Nonfiction | Tagged with accidents, anecdotes, cautionary tales, National Parks and travel
National Parks offer some of the most gorgeous and serene landscapes in all of America, but don’t be fooled, these areas are essentially death traps for the ill prepared. Read on to explore my fascination with demise in the National Parks.
Continue Reading: Death in the National Parks13 Last Minute Summer Trips from Toledo, Ohio
Posted 11 months ago by Angela B
Posted in Nature and Travel | Tagged with daytrips, Indiana, Michigan, Mid-Atlantic, midwest, Ohio, Pennsylvania, road trips, summer, Toledo, travel, Trips from Toledo and vacation
Can’t get enough of the Toledo travel tips? Well, you are in luck! Here is part 2 of Last Minute Summer Trips from Toledo, Ohio.
Continue Reading: 13 Last Minute Summer Trips from Toledo, OhioSchool's Out, It Must Be Vacation Time
Posted 12 months ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks and Nature and Travel | Tagged with guidebooks, International Travel, midwest, travel, travel guides and vacation
Explore popular destinations in the United States and around the world.
Continue Reading: School's Out, It Must Be Vacation TimeHaunted Midwest Travel for Those Who Dare!
Posted about 1 year ago by Heather H
Posted in Fiction, Local History, Mysteries and Thrillers, Nature and Travel and Science Fiction and Fantasy | Tagged with Ghost Stories, Haunted Houses, haunted places, midwest, scary books, scary stories, travel and traveling
Love to be spooked? Here's a list of Midwest locations to visit this October (and some book recommendations as well)!
Continue Reading: Haunted Midwest Travel for Those Who Dare!12 Last Minute Fall Trips from Toledo, Ohio
Posted about 1 year ago by Angela B
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, History and Politics and Nature and Travel | Tagged with bicycle trails, camping, eMedia, Fall Travel, festivals, guidebooks, Indiana History, Michigan History, National Parks, Ohio History, outdoor recreation, rails-trails, restaurants, road trips, sightseeing, stargazing, travel, Trips from Toledo, United States Travel, vacation and wilderness
If you're looking for a daytrip or a road trip out of Toledo this fall, then this list is for you.
Continue Reading: 12 Last Minute Fall Trips from Toledo, OhioCelebrate Hispanic Heritage
Posted about 1 year ago by Angela B
Posted in Children and Parenting, Cooking, Home and Garden, Culture and Diversity, eBooks and Audiobooks, Movies and Music, Nature and Travel and Teen and Pre-Teens | Tagged with Cardio Drumming, cookbooks, Cooking with Spices, Cuba, Cuban Cooking, events, Hispanic Americans - culture, Hispanic Heritage, Latin Cooking, Latino Cultural Committee, Mexican Cooking, Peruvian Cooking, Spanish Music and travel
Visit our branches or Main Library for a Latino cultural event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Continue Reading: Celebrate Hispanic HeritageAltruistic Travel
Posted about 1 year ago by Erin Connolly
Posted in eBooks and Audiobooks, Health and Wellness, Nature and Travel and Nonfiction | Tagged with conduct of life, Ecotourism, environmentalism, nature conservation, Research - Citizen Participation, travel, Voluntarism and volunteering
Continue reading to learn how you can build a better world through travel.
Continue Reading: Altruistic Travel