Historical travel Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from journeys across history, from a Roman road to a clifftop castle, from a Viking longship to a Victorian rail platform.

Pack the trunk. Pick a century.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from medieval citadels and Asian pagodas to Greek temple ruins and harbor villages. The pace is set by the long tread of a desert caravan and the slow chug of a steam train, not the next notification.

Step onto a Roman road stretching to distant mountains, cylindrical markers lining both sides. Walk to a medieval castle of conical towers approached by a winding path. Pull up to a soldier in tunic and cape consulting a folded map at a stone cairn. Then to two fortified castle gates with domed towers and banner flags.

The pages keep moving. A camel caravan of four laden animals led by a robed handler through dunes. A Viking longship with dragon prow and striped sail. A coastal settlement with fortified castle and beacon tower. A steam locomotive at a station with arched windows and clock.

Wander through the centuries. A harbor village of stone buildings, fishing nets, and a docked sailing ship. A Florence cityscape of cathedral dome, campanile, and terracotta roofs. A tiered Asian pagoda with upturned eaves and stone guardians. A traveler consulting a scroll map beside a marker stone.

Keep going. A desert trader leading a loaded camel across the sand. A Victorian railway platform with engine and passenger cars. A ruined Greek temple with five standing columns. A medieval bridge over a moat to a fortified castle. A bridgeway over water toward a walled fortress with spires. A traveler walking a rural path with rolling hills and a distant fortress. A coastal town of stone buildings, pier, and moored fishing boats. A desert fortress with domed towers and palm trees. An Italian city vista of cathedral dome and bell towers. A clifftop castle with winding mountain road. A mounted traveler approaching a distant city. And to close, an expedition camp with stone-ringed fire, rolled bedding, and an equipped traveler cooking a meal.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the cobbled stone of a Roman road or the dragon prow of a Viking ship. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know someone with a stack of Rick Steves guidebooks, a friend who's traced the Silk Road on a wall map, or a history teacher who plans summer trips by century, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a Roman road on a Saturday than scroll.

Pack the trunk.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a stone Roman road with cylindrical markers, a medieval castle with conical towers, a soldier with map at a stone cairn, two fortified castle gates with banners, a desert camel caravan, a Viking longship with dragon prow, a coastal castle and beacon tower with longship, a Victorian steam-locomotive station, a harbor village with moored boats, the Florence cityscape with cathedral dome, an Asian pagoda with stone guardians, a traveler with scroll map at a stone marker, a desert trader with loaded camel, a railway station with passenger cars, a ruined Greek temple with five columns, a medieval moat-and-bridge castle, a bridgeway to a walled fortress, a rural traveler near a distant fortress, a coastal town with stone pier, a desert fortress with palm trees, an Italian city vista, a clifftop castle with winding road, a mounted traveler approaching a city, and an expedition camp with stone-ringed fire.