This town still has a Wild West spirit. What truly sets Virginia City apart is the World Championship Outhouse Races, a bizarre event where competitors race specially designed outhouses down the street. It began when the city outlawed outdoor toilets,…
A 220-mile road trip guide to Oregon's West Cascades Scenic Byway, with stops at waterfalls, hot springs, alpine lakes, and a covered bridge. For sightseers on a mission, the West Cascades Scenic Byway is the road trip of a lifetime.
When you made it through all of the drum fills on “Tom Sawyer” every night, you would break into a smile. What was in that smile?I made it! Yeah. I made it through it, the most iconic drum fill.
Route 66 was one of America's most popular highways, driving business to small towns. But today, the road and its people have been largely forgotten. [The rise and fall of Route 66]In the 1940s and '50s, Route 66 was one of America's most popular…
Illinois has a long stretch of the old Mother Road, and some of the best stops along it still serve breakfast, burgers, and pie the old-fashioned way. These are not new places dressed up to look retro. Many of them…
In case you need some help with the math, that distance in that time would require averaging a continuous 107 miles per hour. according to one Avis bill, a Toronto man's trip also involved the sort of non-stop driving that would…
Some road trip stops are about gas and a quick snack. Others make you forget what year it is. On the western stretch of Route 66 in Flagstaff, one diner has been pulling travelers off the highway for years with neon,…
When you're driving, you have a lot to focus on. You have to watch your speed to avoid speeding, watch for animals or potholes, and sometimes the biggest danger on the road is other drivers. While you're doing all that,…
First designated in 1926 and fully connected and paved over the next decade or so, it carried west the desperate Dust Bowl migrants and World War II military supplies and troops. Vacationing families and adventure seekers got their kicks on Route…
Some of the best breakfasts in Illinois are served under a curved metal roof that looks more like a storage shed than a restaurant. In Springfield, one of these buildings draws a line out the door almost every morning, and…
A tank of gas and a loose plan.
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