Millions of travelers will experience the sights and sounds of the U.S. this 4th of July and beyond via the “Great American Road Trip,” featuring back roads, byways and the iconic Route 66. ByRoger ...

From sea to shining sea and through amber waves of grain, America the Beautiful has lush scenery and colorful culture just waiting to be explored. And there has never been a better time to see, do, ...

America's overlooked "Road to Nowhere" follows Highway 83 across the Great Plains, linking quiet towns, historic sites, and underrated national parks.

To experience the ultimate road trip across America is a dream. Well, it has been, and it’s even life-changing. If anyone is thinking about taking a road trip around the USA, I’d immediately say go ...

Long before cheap flights and smartphone maps, Americans turned to cars for adventure and escape. This story revisists our colelctive love affair with the open road, from dusty early-20th century ...

Road trips are picking up speed again. As airfare, hotels and overseas vacations grow pricier, more Americans are choosing the highway over the runway. A 2025 Enterprise Mobility survey found that two ...

A short history of the long road -- Robert Frank : the Americans -- Ed Ruscha : twentysix gasoline stations -- Inge Morath : the road to Reno -- Garry Winogrand : 1964 -- William Eggleston : Los ...

Route 66 has been crowned the most scenic road trip in America in a new study that measured how often travelers share their journeys on social media. The highway, decommissioned nearly 40 years ago, ...

"[W]e do not take a trip; a trip takes us." - Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck In 1960, American novelist John Steinbeck set out with his dog Charley in a camper on a ...

My faith in the American road trip was saved by a small town in Texas on the Fourth of July. When that faith began to waver, and how far the road trip sank on my leaderboard of American pastimes — ...