Classic American Road Trips

Ever dreamed of driving along the cliffs that overlook the Pacific with the windows down? Or wanted to travel the historic Oregon Trail in a car instead of on a computer? Explore these eleven incredible cross-country road trip routes across the U.S.
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The romance of Route 66 continues to captivate people around the world. Running between Chicago and Los Angeles, “over two thousand miles all the way” in the words of the popular R&B anthem, this legendary old road passes through the heart...

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Covering 1,650 miles from Washington to California, the two-lane Pacific Coast Highway is home to wild beauty, quaint towns, kitschy sights, and big cities.

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A road trip along US-93 takes you through miles of untouched wilderness from alpine mountains to sun-blasted deserts, and the neon heart of Las Vegas.

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On US‑83 you’ll take in some phenomenal country: verdant farmland dotted with truly small towns, endlessly shifting prairie grassland, winding Missouri River roadways, and plain, isolated, where-the-hell-am-I agricultural expanses.

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Old Man River, Father of Waters, “body of a nation,” Big Muddy—by any name the mighty Mississippi cuts a mythic figure across the American landscape.

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Skip the blisters with an Appalachian Trail road trip that follows scenic two-lane roads all the way through dozens of fascinating towns & historic sites.

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Starting at the Statue of Liberty and winding up at free-wheeling Key West, these almost 2,000 miles of roadway run within earshot—if not sight—of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Dubbed the Great Northern in memory of the pioneer railroad that parallels the western half of the route, US‑2 is truly the most stunning and unforgettable, not to mention longest, of all the great transcontinental road trips.

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Find odd museums, classic diners, idyllic towns, and poignant post-industrial decay on an Oregon Trail road trip, a historic pioneer route now labeled US-20.

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A road trip along US-50 follows time from colonial-era landscapes through the Wild West to high-tech Silicon Valley, the best route for the unhurried.

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From deserts to bayou swamps and Tex-Mex to barbecue, this route offers a full-flavored taste of America.

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