Country Guides This is a country of road trips and great open skies, where four million miles of highways lead past red-rock deserts, below towering mountain peaks, and across fertile wheat fields that roll off toward the horizon.Our #3 bestseller and the most comprehensive guidebook to the USA on the market!The new Lonely Planet guide to the USA features an all-new full-colour section on national parks, a "Road Trips and Scenic Drives" chapter, Route 66 essential, plus coast-to-coast itineraries.