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Clothing store chain. I'm informed that despite the name, Factory 2-U is not a factory outlet store. Verified Sep-02.
Fall Foliage Information
See separate section.
Discount store chain. Verified Sep-02.
Verified Mar-02.
Most of this chain's properties are in Tennessee. They also have a small number of locations in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, New York State, North Carolina and Virginia. Verified May-00.
This is the travel section of a larger site run by the Disney organisation. It includes travel related articles, mainly but not exclusively on the USA. It also includes personal holiday reports entered by users, some of which can be interesting. Verified Nov-97.
A Canadian cinema chain. Verified Sep-02.
This search engine promises that it will eventually index the entire web. Verified Jan-09.
Reviews of many fast food chains, indexed by city. In most cases there is a very useful list of menu items and prices, although for some chains this link goes to the chain's own web site instead. Verified Apr-02.
This regional fast food hamburger chain has most of its locations in southern California, with a small number in Arizona, southern Nevada and western Washington State. Verified Mar-02.
Verified Jul-97.
Includes information on current delays at major US airports. The information appears in windows; to save it you must select it, use CTRL/C to copy it, then paste it into a program such as Notepad and save it from there. The site has several other sections offering other information. Verified Sep-02.
Verified Apr-97.
Verified Jul-02.
This page offers a detailed description of this historic highway. Verified Oct-02.
Available in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files, MUTCD provides images and full details of usage of all the road signs and traffic light configurations commonly used in the United States. This site also offers the Standard Highway Signs (SHS) manual, again in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files. SHS has full technical drawing details of the design of each sign, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to manufacture or replicate signs. Verified Jul-02.
Includes links to all state Department Of Transport sites. Verified Sep-02.
A very useful basic guide to driving in the USA, organised as seven chapters with one web page per chapter. I couldn't find an Adobe Acrobat PDF file version, unfortunately. Verified Jul-02.
This site includes a useful list of current sales tax rates in each American state. Verified Mar-98.
Verified Nov-99.
This site's main focus is ferry information for the northwestern Washington State and southwestern British Columbia area. It also offers other travel related information for this area and ferry information for other areas. Verified Feb-01.
Ferry Companies
See separate section.
A very useful list of links to the web sites of various bus lines, railways, ferries, airlines, etc. Verified Jul-02.
FHWA Series D Modified is the official name for the font most commonly used on US road signs and highway marker shields. This personal site features a large number of shareware/freeware TrueType fonts, including Blue Highway which closely resembles FHWA Series D Modified. Verified Dec-99.
Information regarding activities in Yoho National Park and services such as accommodation in the town of Field. Verified Feb-06.
This highly recommended one-man company site offers a large amount of statistical and practical information for each American state. Verified Dec-99.
Verified Aug-02.
Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Mar-02.
Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Aug-00.
This site acts as a portal to the 20,000 US Government web sites which between them offer over 27 million web pages. It is organised by subject rather than by department name. Verified Sep-00.
Verified Mar-02.
This site contains a copy of this official publication for drivers. It provides an excellent guide to driving regulations in the USA. However, some rules may differ in other American states and Canadian provinces. Verified Mar-98.
Verified Feb-99.
Verified Jul-97.
Official site. Verified Dec-01.
Includes Kennedy Space Centre information. Verified Apr-97.
Verified Nov-98.
Verified Dec-99.
Adobe Acrobat format. Verified Dec-99.
Fly Drive USA (also previously called Northwest Fly/Drive)
See Holiday-America.
Verified Aug-02.
Verified Apr-97.
This personal site features an extensive collection of American folk tales, usefully indexed by a variety of categories. Verified Sep-02.
A personal site featuring a large number of shareware/freeware TrueType fonts, including Blue Highway which closely resembles the font used on US road signs and highway marker shields. Verified Dec-99.
This supermarket chain has locations in Arizona, California, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin. Verified Sep-02.
Supermarket chain. Verified Sep-02.
A chain of shoe shops. Verified Sep-02.
Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Mar-02.
This page offers a gateway to information on the 155 National Forests and twenty National Grasslands throughout the USA. Information on each forest or grassland can be reached by its name, by the state or region in which it is located, or via an interactive map. This page is probably the best method of accessing the wealth of excellent and useful material available on the Forest Service's web site. Verified May-01.
This chain operates in Montana, and I'm told that it also has one location in New Mexico, in Grants. Verified Mar-02.
Also includes information on Monument Valley. Verified Apr-06.
This mall is located a short distance from Los Angeles International Airport. Verified Dec-02.
This company has locations in California and Arizona. Cars can only be driven in California, Arizona and Nevada. Verified Sep-02.
Frank Buykx lives in Norfolk, England and recently retired. In the summer of 2001 he is walking across America from Washington DC to the Golden Gate Bridge. This personal web site features his diary, the route details, Frank's interviews on Radio Norfolk and some newspaper articles on his epic walk. Verified Sep-01.
Fred Meyer is a chain of department stores, similar in terms of building design, store layout and range of goods to Wal-Mart and K-Mart but with generally rather higher prices. They are part of the Kroger group. Verified Sep-02.
A guide to information on roads, road signs and maps on the web. Verified Feb-98.
Verified Mar-02.
Friendship Inns have now been absorbed into the EconoLodge and Rodeway chains. Verified Mar-09.
Detailed information on current gas (petrol) prices in each US state and major city. Verified Sep-02.
This site offers information about various US theme parks. Verified Oct-00.
This UK-based holiday operator includes flights from numerous UK regional airports via Amsterdam. Verified Dec-99.
This chain has locations in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Their web site has a list of the locations in each state. Verified Mar-02.
Furr's Supermarkets
This supermarket chain, which previously had numerous locations in New Mexico and Texas, has now ceased trading and its web site (http://www.furrs.com) is no longer online. The Furr's Family Cafeterias chain is a separate organisation and not affected. Checked Sep-02.
A Canadian electronics store chain, selling audio, video and computer equipment, etc. Verified Sep-02.
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