101 Places Not to See Before You Die

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"I had no idea so many god-awful places exist in this world...Catherine Price is a hilarious guide to all that is sucky." -Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer Irreverent and compulsively readable, 101 Places Not to See Before You Die highlights desitinations we can all live without--like Jupiter's Worst Moon, an Outdoor Wedding During the 2021 Reemergence of the Great Eastern Cicada Brood, and fan hours at the Las Vegas Porn Convention--while reminding us why we're willing to put up with the bed bugs and the food poisoning and set out to explore the world.

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"This clever collection of travel advisories lists all the places that are definitely not worth a trip, including a rendering plant, Times Square on New Year's Eve, and, bien sur, Euro Disney." -- Entertainment Weekly "Price's delightful work is utterly hilarious." -- Arthur Frommer "Weird and funny." -- The Washington Post "Funny and engaging." -- USA Today "A hilarious look at some of the most uninviting, overcrowded, unsanitary, overhyped, and stomach-churning locales on the planet." -- Budget Travel "Amusing." -- The San Francisco Chronicle "Price is a delightful writer who manages to give readers more giggles in under-two-page entries than many writers could in an entire chapter... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "101 Places Not to See Before You Die takes a fascinating and hilarious look at some of the least appealing places and events on the planet-from Montana's Testicle Festival to the Amsterdam Sexmuseum-and explains in lucid terms just what you'll be missing out on." -- Salon

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Catherine Price is an avid traveler and writer who hopes never to see the inside of a rendering plant firsthand. Her work has appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES, POPULAR SCIENCE, SALON, SLATE, and THe BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING.