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I’m looking for a good travel book that may have maybe a map of each state, locations of attractions, sites to see, places to visit, and maybe even when to go see them. I can and do use google to search for things but a travel book/guide would be great for quickly looking up places of...

We expect to visit some family near St Louis late October or so. Any ideas of nice areas to visit within the general area......maybe leaf colors or etc. Need to fly out but will likely rent some sort of small camper. Our interests include history and natural history. Many thanks David Graves