From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sites--journeys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. In Holy Rover, she weaves her personal narrative with descriptions of a dozen pilgrimages

Prologue: A farmer's daughter on the bank of the Nile -- Among the Lutherans: Martin Luther sites in Germany -- Drawing down the moon: on the trail of elves in Iceland -- Writing my way around the world: at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts -- Of healing and miracles: The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France -- In the light of stained glass windows: Jerusalem and Galilee in Israel -- Mystics and Mary: The Temple of Artemis and House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey -- Following a call: with Thomas Merton in Kentucky -- Wise women wisdom: along the Rhine with Hildegard of Bingen in Germany -- In the valley of the shadow: Machu Picchu in Peru -- Becoming a bear: Bear Butte in South Dakota -- Not always so: Kumbum Chamtse Ling Temple in Bloomington, Indiana -- Church of God's odds and ends: Iona in Scotland