Road Trips

Route 66, Highway 1, the Blue Ridge Parkway

A historic Route 66 road sign

A historic Route 66 road sign. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The road trip is the great American art form. These are the canonical drives; each is a trip in itself, and all reward going slowly.

A historic Route 66 road sign

Route 66Illinois to California · Chicago to Santa Monica, 3,940 km of Americana.

The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1)California · San Francisco to LA via Big Sur.

The Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge ParkwayVirginia / North Carolina · 750 km of ridgeline driving.

The beach at South Beach, Miami

Overseas HighwayFlorida · Miami to Key West over 42 bridges.

Mountain lake in Glacier National Park

Going-to-the-Sun RoadMontana · Glacier's alpine crossing.

Broadway, Nashville

Natchez Trace ParkwayTennessee / Mississippi · Nashville to Natchez, 715 km.

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