8 Stunning Stretches of Interstate in the United States My favorite way to explore the United States is to jump in my car and take a drive. However, we road trippers often feel bogged down by interstates. They are necessary evils, leading us to our destinations quickly, but boring us to sleep. (Often literally, if …
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The Audi A4 screamed down the Autobahn at more than 120 miles per hour, punching a tunnel through the early morning mist that coated the Bavarian countryside. With each minute we were a couple miles closer to four days of hiking in the Austrian Alps. Curiously, of the three Germans and one American writer in …
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There are generations of travelers who have been brought up on tales from the Hippie Trail, that hallucinogenic trip from Istanbul to Kathmandu, later extending to Sydney, Australia. Alas, Imperial war mongering and religious section eights took significant parts of that journey off the map forcing current travelers to negotiate the gaps with a series …
The Natchez Trace Parkway The Natchez Trace is a 444-mile scenic Parkway stretching through Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. It follows the Old Natchez Trace, an important historic path used for centuries. I recent drove about five hours along the Natchez Trace through Mississippi. Although there isn’t any spectacular scenery, it is a very pleasant drive. …
By Stephen Bugno In the past 14 months, I’ve driven across the United States more than 16,000 miles (25,750 km) during two extended road trips. Some of my earliest travel memories are from a Vegas to Albuquerque road trip through the southwestern US as a nine year-old. Over the years, I’ve learned a thing or …
Big skies, wide open spaces, imposing mountains; this is Colorado. These photos were taken in or around Great Sand Dunes National Park—the most underrated National Park in the United States. I’ll never forget the image of the glowing orange sun in my rear view mirror as I drove down from Poncha Pass into the valley …
