Stories, tips, and guides from the road — everything we learn while mapping the trips.
Wildfire is one hazard, but it can disrupt a road trip in three different ways. The road can close. The…
There isn’t one national source for road status. In July 2000, the FCC designated 511 as the national traveler information…
Las Vegas is two starting points. For people who live in the valley, it’s home: a trip begins at the…
Beartooth Highway runs about 68 miles between Red Lodge and Cooke City, Montana, and climbs to 10,947 feet at Beartooth…
On a map, the Olympic Peninsula loop looks like a one-day drive. US-101 circles the peninsula, and the park sits…
Route 66 ran 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica when it was commissioned in 1926, but it hasn’t existed…
Some road trips end where they started. Many of the best ones don’t. The Pacific Coast Highway runs in one…
The Overseas Highway isn’t just the scenic way to visit the Florida Keys. The highway is the infrastructure that makes…
Colorado isn’t one road trip — it’s several distinct road-trip regions connected by long mountain drives. The Front Range, Rocky…
Hurricane season isn’t a reason to skip a coastal route. It’s a reason to build flexibility into the itinerary before…
An RV road trip isn’t a car road trip with a bigger vehicle. The RV changes the route, not just…
A multigenerational road trip works when you plan for the person with the least flexibility, while building enough variety for…
For five years, driving Going-to-the-Sun Road meant booking a vehicle reservation months in advance. In 2026, that requirement is gone…
The best national park road trip isn’t the one that fits the most parks. It’s the one that gives you…
Washington isn’t one road trip. It’s several very different road trips sharing one state. Olympic National Park points west of…
Winter doesn’t simply make road trips harder. It changes which roads you can actually drive, how far you can get,…
An EV road trip isn’t a gas-car road trip with charging stops swapped in for gas stations. The route itself…
The best road trips from Los Angeles aren’t necessarily the farthest or most famous destinations. Sometimes, the perfect escape is…
