Summer 2026 · A Family Road Trip Through American History

America by Road

Six weeks, four hundred years, one continent. The same journey told two ways — pick the guide that fits how your mind works — plus a game to test what stuck.

London New York Philadelphia Washington the Smokies Chicago the Plains Denver Yellowstone

One trip, two field guides. Every stop is a chapter of the American story — with things to find, big questions to argue about in the car, and pages to fill in yourself. Choose your edition below.

The Two Editions
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For the artist

The Great American Sketchbook

A road-trip history for someone who thinks in pictures. Every unit pairs the story with an "artist's eye," things to sketch and find, and a WPA-poster feel — a travelling portfolio you build as you go.

Open the sketchbook
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For the systems engineer

America: The Field Manual

The same journey, read as the biggest machine ever built — hardware, software, and plenty of bugs. Thought experiments, systems diagrams, and field reports to file at every stop.

Open the field manual
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For everyone

The Fifty States — Atlas & Quiz

An interactive atlas drawn on real state boundaries: tap any state for its capital, nickname, bird, flower and stories, mark the ones you've been to, then test yourself with Find-the-State, Capitals and Symbols quizzes.

Open the atlas