Maryland: An Explorer's Guide, First Edition

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Summary: For anyone looking forward to a Maryland vacation
Review: An Explorer's Guide: Maryland by the award-winning author and Maryland travel expert Leonard M. Adkins, is a handy and informative guide for tourists, travelers, and locals wanting to explore the wealth of fun, scenic, and educational experiences that Maryland has to offer. From locations of hotels and reviews of fine restaurants, to great places for shopping, special events, family activities, all enhanced with 34 up-to-date downtown and regional maps, An Explorer's Guide: Maryland is enthusiastically recommended for anyone looking forward to a Maryland vacation whether for a week or just a week-end!

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Summary: best guide to the state ever
Review: I live in Northern Virginia and am always looking for places to make quick getaways. I own other travel guides to the region, but they are not near as thorough or detailed as this one is. The author covers just about everything you can think of--museums, historic sites, places of interest, hiking, biking, canoeing and kayaking, amusement parks, golf courses (even miniature golf courses!), sailing & boat excursions, parks, bookstores, antique shops, restaurants (both cheap and luxury places), motels, B&Bs, and much, much more.
What I really like is that he visited every place he writes about (man, what a job that must have been!). He gives overviews of the places, what makes them special, and what he experienced while there. For a travel guide, it is written in an entertaining style, and it has lots of local insider tips and information. Forget Fodor's and Frommer's; buy this one and really get to know Maryland