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The travel editor for NBC's "Today" show released a book this week that is going to put him on tourist boards' black lists from Missouri to Mumbai.
Titled "Don't Go There: The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World," the book lists everything from the world's most expensive cities (Moscow's No. 1) to what truckers deem are the worst roads in America.
West Virginia's neighbor Pennsylvania comes in second with Interstate 80, topped by Interstate 10 in Louisiana, according to an Overdrive magazine survey.
Skimming through it, I think the guide can be a helpful tool for lots of people. While some of the suggestions require little more than the common sense of a 4 year old to figure out -- don't visit New York City during the holidays if you're not into crowds -- other tips are more enlightening.
Who knew that Iowa had 3,876 hog farms, the highest number in America. Why care? Well, according to Greenberg, this translates into lots of stink.
"Animal factories odors can easily travel 8 to 10 miles from the largest of these types of facilities. ... Drive through a town with a factory farm and you, too, will be hit with the nauseating concoction of gases, including ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, that results from massive quantities of manure and decaying carcasses ..." he warns.
Iowans are going to love this man. Nothing like associating a state with excrement and death.
As you may have guessed, West Virginia is not exempt from this must-miss list. What surprised me is that one of the two places listed in the state is Morgantown. The other is Sylvester, which is berated for the coal dust that blankets the town (though a dome was put over the coal piles causing the problem a few years ago, which apparently has helped some).
Morgantown is included for what I think is a silly offense. Apparently, we've got too many fast-food joints. The book lists 16 franchises, which Greenberg finds appalling for "one of the smallest cities in the country." I wouldn't necessarily call Ruby Tuesday or Applebee's fast food, though he does. But even so, it's a college town and college kids like fast, cheap grub to nosh on. I don't think it's that surprising. Unfortunately, Greenberg fails to mention all of the unique, yummy cuisine also offered here.
I'm guessing there aren't too many "tiny towns" with authentic Indian, Italian, Japanese and Latin restaurants, as well as at least a couple of vegetarian-friendly locals.
So, while I maintain the guide is good reference, I wouldn't let it completely dictate your travel. Otherwise, you may miss out on some places that are really great, even if they do have one too many Micky D's.
LINDSEY FLEMING is a Lifestyles writer/copy editor. E-mail lfleming@dominionpost.com.
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