Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums

by Bruce Brumberg and Karen Axelrod

Book Overview

Have you ever wondered how toothpaste gets into the tube? How stripes get on a candy cane? More than just a travel guide, Watch It Made in the U.S.A. helps you experience firsthand the products, companies, technology, and workers that fuel our economy, from Ben and Jerry's to Harley-Davidson. Whether you're curious about potato chips or computer chips, cars or crayons, you can count on authors and factory-tour experts Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598800000
• ISBN13: 9781598800005
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

More than 300 fully updated and contemporary factory tours

Collaboratively researched and written by the husband & wife team of Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg, Watch It Made In The U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide To The Companies That Make Your Favorite Products is a unique and very highly recommended travel guide featuring more than 300 fully updated and contemporary factory tours and corporate visitor centers and exhibitions from Dole in Hawaii, to the Jelly Belly Center in Wisconsin, to Cruzan Rum in the U.S. Virgin Islands. From product exhibits ranging from the Jell-O Gallery in New York to the Kool-Aid "Discover the Dream" in Nebraska, Watch It Made In The U.S.A. offers colorful descriptions of the tours, admission fees (which are often free!), days and hours of accessibility, age and group requirements, disabled access, and more. This newly revised and expanded edition includes a Caribbean section as well as information when there are other nearby attractions to the showcased factor and exhibit sites.

Very Fun! Makes traveling interesting!

When we are planning trips, this is one of our standard reference books. Watching some of these things being made is great fun. In fact, it is not uncommon for us to go out of our way to see some factory and we have always been glad we have done so. This book is well organized and well written. It is easy to understand. The facts in this book are well researched. I know for a fact that there are some tours that are not listed in this book. However, that doesn't mean this book isn't worth every penny, it is. Enjoy.

A great resource that can spice up any vacation

This colorful and creative book is not just fun to read, its useful. When my wife and I plan out a vacation, we determine the shortest route (a must with 2 small children), then consult WATCH IT MADE IN THE U.S.A. to see what fun and family friendly tours we can enjoy along the way. This book in well organized and easy to read. A must for family vacation planners!

This is a great book for families!

This book is great and full of exciting places to visit. One of our favorites was the Herr's Potato Chip Factory in Pennsylavania. We are haeding acroos the US this summer and plan to visit some of the places in this book.