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If you don't want to browse the @atlasobscura website in the bathroom, The Impossible Road Trip by Eric Dregni might be more convenient. A well-illustrated (comparative sizes of Paul Bunyan statues?) and fun collection of travel trivia.
A Brit on Rt. 50 in the age of Trump. Slow Road to San Francisco follows Londoner David Reynolds from Ocean City, MD to the West Coast, mixing humor (his takes on baseball and roadside motels are hilarious), familiar locations & history that many Americans don't know.
Ron Evans? Who? A biography of one of the least-known astronauts, Geoffrey Bowman's A Long Voyage to the Moon tells Evans' story through those who knew him. A surprisingly different viewpoint for those who thought they already knew everything about the space age. #NetGalley
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen Collins starts slowly but soon becomes a page-turner. Of particular interest to young women who want to follow in Col. Collins' pioneering footsteps.
The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars by Simon Morden uses a bit of "You Are There" SF time and space travel (think Sagan's "ship of the imagination") to introduce us to the latest theories about the planet's development.
