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Between the thrill of the open road, the multitude of fascinating and quirky sights to see, and the sheer variety of roadside eateries, a road trip is a great way to explore the U.S. And what better way to gift the travel bug to your children than to pass down the grand tradition of road…
If you want to drive along America’s East Coast, chances are you’ll motor on I-95 for a good portion of it. Beginning in Maine and ending in Florida, the highway passes through more states than any other in the U.S. — 15 in all. Interstate 95 is also the country’s longest North-South road, but not…
Vincente Villamón/Flickr One of the most iconic American roadways of all time is the classic Route 66, a former national highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles that opened in 1926. It was popular with migrants heading west during the Dust Bowl, but soon was overshadowed by the larger Interstate Highway System (you might be familiar…
One of the most famous and beloved highways in America, California State Route 1 runs along the coast, offering beautiful vistas of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding landscape. It meanders along the Golden State’s coast for 655 miles, from its southern point in Dana Point (a 20-minute drive south of Laguna Beach) up to Leggett…
Photo courtesy of Flickr/Julia Vancouver is a city that makes room for nature—Stanley Park alone makes it feel different from other urban centers. And there’s more environmental planning in the works: the city wants every resident to live within a five-minute walk of a green space by 2020, and plans to enhance its forest canopy…
Photo courtesy of Corey Taratuta via Flickr When wanderlust strikes and the call of the open road is too strong to resist, it shouldn’t matter which decade of your life you happen to be in. Age is but a number, but bearing in mind the old adage, ‘right place, wrong time,’ some road trips can…
The phrase road trip might produce images of a convertible whizzing past a sun-backed horizon and possibly a sunglasses-wearing dog in the back seat. Add the word winter to that phrase, however, and the journey might seem more like the result of a missed flight or bad break-up. But winter road trips come with their…
How, you ask? Apparently thieves figure that tourists typically are: likely to be carrying more valuable stuff in their cars than typical locals once parked, likely to leave their cars unattended for extended time periods less likely to know local “avoid” spots; more likely to be conned into doing something stupid likely to want to…
Formed by two volcanoes, Maui — the second-largest island in Hawaii — has miles of pristine coastlines and over a dozen waterfalls, and is home to some of the world’s most popular beachfront properties, such as the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Village or the Four Seasons Resort Maui. But the real star attraction of the…
Photo courtesy of Flickr/William Warby I didn’t know it then, but a few summers ago, I began planning a life-changing trip with my boyfriend. Having romanticized the idea of cross-country road trips we read about in novels, watched in movies, and listened to in songs, we pulled out a map and began devising a coast-to-coast…