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Gas, Food, Lodging, Payola: Why You Can't Trust Those Highway Signs
Signs along the Interstate tell you which restaurants and hotels are nearby—but how did those signs get there?
Get Your Kicks on Route 66
Travel Expert Jim Hinckley on Route 66 and the Great American Road Trip Today
The Meanest Roads in America: More Public Highways Bleeding Tourists with Cashless Tolls
They're the meanest roads in America.If you haven't taken a road trip vacation in the last few years, you're in for a rude shock. More states are implementing what's called "cashless…
8 Day Trip Destinations Near San Francisco
From bustling urban centers to pristine natural settings, Northern California can please even the pickiest of travelers. Here are eight day trips within a two-hour drive from San…
Los Angeles: Route 66 at the End of the Line
The legends surrounding that most famous of all U.S. highways, Route 66, seem to pile one atop another. You can see where they ended up at 66's terminal just north of Downtown Los…
Can You See This Now? Travel Tips From the Verizon Test Guys
Verizon Wireless puts drivers on highways, streets, and country lanes to make sure its phones work. We talked to a few of them to get their on-the-ground tips for seeing Atlanta, LA,…
Earmark Tourism: Your Tax Dollars At Work
Presidential candidate John McCain has made a big deal about government earmarks. Here's our list of 5 federally-funded sites not to visit followed by our top 5 places you might…
Motoring Minus Meltdowns: Tips for Toddler Road Trips
Take some tried-and-tested advice from experts and readers for how to make the most of your family's time on the open road.
Highway 1: The Route to the Best of Maine
Historic cities, landmark lighthouses, quintessential lobster shacks, and antique emporiums, make for an idyllic New England journey.
Hog Heaven: Motorcycle Adventures in the Smoky Mountains
The roads around the Smoky Mountains were made for motorcycles and exploring the Smokies on two wheels gives you the freedom to discover the region at your own pace.
Plucky Survivors 3: 200 Miles for a Hot Dog
This road trip is about the journey, not the destination -- or perhaps it's about all the little destinations on the way.
Plucky Survivors See America 3: Following the Food
Why mapping a road trip with pork-grease-stained hands is an excellent way to plan any American journey.
Plucky Survivors See America 3: The Plucky Shall Rise Again
Two years ago, two friends struggling with grave health issues decided the only suitable way to celebrate life was to visit the world's largest ball of twine. This year, the Pluckies…
Racing Hotspots to Get Your NASCAR Fix
Summer means hot sunny days, plenty of partying and adrenalin-racing action, especially if you'll be hitting the speedways around the country to watch NASCAR, the United State's…
Roman All Over Provence and Languedoc
The Ancient Romans were prolific builders and imperialists and southern France was one of their favorite stomping grounds. What remains today are some outstanding examples of…
Born in the U.S.A.: Summer Tours of American Factories
Beer, coffee, hot sauce, and more -- get up close to the nation's assembly lines without getting your hands too dirty.
French Driving Basics: Kilometers, Roundabouts and $10 a Gallon Gas
The challenge was to rent a car in France, drive around for ten days and return with sanity, marriage, and bank balance intact. The result: Easier than anyone would expect.
Batter Up for a Sunny Spring Training and Tokyo Season Opener
Get the jump on the 2008 MLB season with training trips to Arizona and Florida and exhibition matches in Japan.
Obama, Popcorn & Hobo Queens: Plucky Survivors Roll Through Iowa
On Wednesday alone, we met a Presidential candidate, a Hobo Queen and slept where a President slept. And that's not counting the ice cream breakfast and the big ball of popcorn.
Keep Up with the Plucky Survivors' Midwest Roadtrip
Six days into this year's tour we've seen thriving, picture-postcard ready small towns, a sharp contrast to the faded abandoned places we were so dismayed over in the South during last…
Plucky Survivors See America 2: The Midwest Express
Last year we took an epic, 2,300 mile, nine-day trip down the highways, byways and back roads of the southern United States. We're back this year with a mid-western journey through the…
Rein in Wyoming's Rich, Wild History in Cody
From buffalos -- Bills and bisons -- to river rafting, Cody opens the door to Wyoming's past and its wide range of activities.
RVing Utah's National Park Country
Because so much of Utah is public land, it makes an ideal getaway for RVers, especially those who enjoy self-contained camping in parklands and the wilderness.
Plan Your Peeping Now for Fall Foliage Fun
I know: it's still July, and some of us have yet to take a summer vacation. But the fliers in the Sunday paper have already signaled the seasonal barrage of back-to-school promotions,…
Six Weekend Road Trip Pairs
Summer is the time when we all dream of embarking on long trips to faraway locales, taking an extended leave of absence to live that dream. While work and responsibilities may prevent…