Going Places
Travel Books by MTJA Authors
FLORIDA
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISANA
MICHIGAN
Although almost half a million people call the Greater Lansing area home, Lansing offers a small-town atmosphere with ample city comforts. Learn how to take on the “Ultimate Carnivore Food Challenge,” where to find art from world-renowned artists, and how to reach tranquility in a Japanese Garden’s serenity. Native Lansingite Amy Piper is the source to maximize your visit.
MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
OHIO
seen through the lens of award-winning Cleveland photographer Laura Watilo Blake.
PENNSYLVANIA
TENNESSEE
WISCONSIN
An eclectic mix of communities makes the cut for this selective guide to rural treasures, many of which are lesser known because of limited or no advertising. Visit for an hour, day, overnight or longer. All these special places have a population of no more than 5,000 people, and many have less than 1,000.
GERMANY
IRELAND
The newest edition features a continuously updated online resource with additional articles and podcasts, as well as special savings from Ireland tourism businesses.
TEXAS
MISCELLANEOUS TRAVEL
PAGE TURNERS
Fiction and Non-Travel by MTJA Authors
And who killed my Aunt Amanda?
These mysteries and more pull back the curtain on some of Kansas’ most fascinating and compelling stories.
Along the way, Erickson discovers how her soul has been shaped by her ancestors and finds unexpected spiritual guides among the seafaring Vikings and her hardscrabble immigrant forebears. Erickson’s far-ranging journeys and spiritual musings show us how researching family history can be a powerful tool for inner growth.
An entrepreneur whose business was murder, Gunness felt no qualms seducing men for their money and dispatching them with her axe—filling her farmland with her victims.
Trace the evolution of iconic dishes such as Kansas City burnt ends, St. Louis gooey butter cake and Springfield cashew chicken. Discover how hardscrabble Ozark farmers launched a tomato canning industry and how a financially strapped widow, Irma Rombauer, would forever change how cookbooks were written.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
* header photo credit: Visit KC