If there was one thing on which American and British magazines might agree, it was that there was a great deal to see on the American continent. This section looks at lifestyles, sports, and industry in broader areas and regions of the country (e.g., "The South" or "The Southwest"), as well as travels to and through such regions. It also brings you a number of accounts of travel across the country, most commonly (but not exclusively) by rail.

Pleasure Jaunt Over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (Godey's, 1860)

[The Rocky Mountains] The Dome of the Continent (Harper's Monthly, 1873A)

Woman's Love of the Beautiful, by Lucy Snow (Demorest, 1874)

How women are making the homes of the western prairies beautiful.

Something Like a Railway Journey (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

A British writer takes a 3287-mile railway journey across America.

The Southern Industrial Prospect (Harper's Monthly, 1876A)

The future of the South, with steps it can take toward progress and prosperity.

A Trail in the Far Southwest (Harper's Monthly, 1876B)

A look at Southwest landscapes and Indian ruins.

An Overland Trip (Demorest, 1880)

A young woman's description of a journey across the American continent. (Unfortunately one installment is missing.)

America as a Health Resort (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)

"America has drawbacks in the shape of climate... but as a health resort for portions of the year it compares most favourably with any place it has ever been my good fortune to visit; and... I can look back to the time I spent in the United States as one of the pleasantest in my life."

Oddities of Southern Life (Century Magazine, 1882A)

The New Northwest, by E.V. Smalley (Century Magazine, 1882B)

A journey from Dakota to the Cascades.

Features of the New Northwest (Century Magazine, 1883A)

This article looks at "the Indian problem," the Chinese in the Northwest, resources such as coal and timber, "frontier manners" (very amusing), queer place names, rail lines, and the overall desirability of enabling more settlement in the Pacific Northwest.

[The Great Lakes] Along an Inland Beach, by Edith M. Thomas (Atlantic Monthly, 1883)

The Canada-Pacific Railway, by G.M. Grant (Century Magazine, 1885B)

Here and There in the South, by Rebecca Harding Davis (Harper's Monthly, 1887B)

A lengthy series that wanders through the cities and countryside of "The Old South."

An Elk-Hunt on the Plains, by Frederick Schwatka (Century Magazine, 1888A)

Ranch Life in the Far West, by Theodore Roosevelt (illustrated by Frederic Remington) (Century Magazine, 1888A)

The Upper Missouri and the Great Falls, by Eugene V. Smalley (Century Magazine, 1888A)

"It was a Century expedition in its plan, and its object was to descend the Missouri River in a skiff from some point near Helena, Montana, to the Great Falls, to make a portage around the falls and follow the river down to Fort Benton, and thence, by some sort of land transportation, to cross the country to the Yellowstone through the cattle and sheep ranges."

The Western Outlook for Sportsmen, by Franklin Satterthwaite (Harper's Monthly, 1889A)

To 'Frisco, by Sir Julian Goldsmid (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

Traveling by steamer from Britain to New York, and by rail from New York to San Francisco.

Transatlantic Trifles, by Sir Julian Goldsmid (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

An Englishman's impressions of travel in America.

The Heart of the Desert, by Charles Dudley Warner (Harper's Monthly, 1891A)

A journey to the Grand Canyon from California, via Yosemite and other scenic locations.

The Ancient Lake Region of America, by James Richardson (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

A history of prehistoric lakes in the west, which left great basins in the present day.

The Capitals of the Northwest, by Julian Ralph (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)

For those of us who think of the "Northwest" as being, well, a bit farther west, this article is about such cities as Minneapolis and Duluth!

From London to Chicago, by James Mortimer (The Strand, 1893B)

"From the greatest capital of the Old World to the young giant city of the Western Hemisphere is now, comparatively speaking, only a step." It's a step of some six or seven days by sea and another 24 hours from New York by train, but still, a step... This article describes the journey, and the luxuries of both liner and train, in marvelous detail.

Western Landscapes, by Hamlin Garland (Atlantic Monthly, 1893)

In the Gray Cabins of New England, by Rebecca Harding Davis (Century Magazine, 1895A)

A "look into the effect which a century of insufficient food, narrow interests, hard economy, and superfluous education has produced in... the lonely farming districts" of New England.

The Chicago-Jericho Line (The Strand, 1896B)

Prehistoric Quadrupeds of the Rockies, by Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn (Century Magazine, 1896B)

The Trans-Mississippians and Their Fair at Omaha, by Albert Shaw (Century Magazine, 1898B)