See the USA!

While it not possible to safely travel around our great country at this moment, it IS possible to see some of the most popular tourist sites while at your computer via live webcams.
If you like to visit our great National Park system go to www.nps.gov and search by the park name or just search for the list of webcams. For more webcams all around the country check out EarthCam  and search by state.

Below is a list of a few of the live views you can access. Simply click on the location to be linked to the webcam!  Besides seeing these places, it is interesting to see the effects that stay at home directives have had in some of these areas. Some of the cameras have sound as well, check out the Niagara Falls site and listen to the powerful rush of the water over the falls. Many of these places also have virtual tours you can take and further explore the area.

Below each location is a link to eBooks that are in the KCPL collection. Each book is connected to the location; either in setting or story.

Safe Travels!

San Francisco bay

• Cult City – Daniel J. Flynn
• Alta California – Nick Neely

Seattle Space needle 

• A Engagement in Seattle – Debbie Macomber
• Improbable Cause – J.A. Jance

Gatlinburg, TN

• Guide to Great Smoky Mountain National Park – Michael Oswald
• Willa of the Wood -Robert Beatty

Chicago lakefront

• Chicago – David Mamet
• City of Scoundrels – Gary Krist

Key West, FL

• Turtle in Paradise – Jennifer Holm
• Rum Runner – Tricia Leedom
• Bad Monkey – Carl Hiaasen

St. Louis Gateway Arch

• Fatal Frost – Nancy Mehl
• The Dead Lands – Benjamin Percy

NYC 9/11 memorial

• Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 – Mitchell Zuckoff

Las Vegas strip

• Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas – Matthew O’Brien
• Vegas Rich – Fern Michaels 

New Orleans Bourbon St.

• New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend – Marita Crandle
• Drowned City – Don Brown

Graceland (Memphis, TN)

• Me and a Guy name Elvis – Jerry Schilling
• Child Bride – Suzanne Finstad

Disneyland (Anaheim, CA)

• Dream It! Do It!: My Half-century designing Disney’s Magic Kingdoms – Marty Sklar

Washington, D.C.

• Empire of Mud – J.D. Dickey
• Pop Goes the Weasel – James Patterson

Statue of Liberty/NYC skyline

• New York: The Novel – Edward Rutherford
• Liberty Falling – Nevada Barr

Hollywood Boulevard 

• The Golem of Hollywood – Jonathan Kellerman
• Hollywood – Charles Bukowski 

Aspen, CO

• Iced – Carol Higgins Clark
• No Better Man – Sara Richardson

Niagara Falls

• Security – Randall Wood

Miami Beach

• Cari mora – Thomas Harris
• Personal Demon – Kelley Armstrong

Hawaii

• The Descendents – Kaui Hart Hemmings
• Hotel Honolulu – Paul Theroux 
• Hawaii – James Michener

Submitted by Chris Walters: Retired teacher, part time library associate and prog/sci-fi fan. Also, I was pretty good at the See the USA game shown above!