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On Kansas roads less traveled, reassuring glimpses of rural communities standing strong

Like many of us I use the interstate highways for trips, although as I have gotten older I often take the roads less traveled — personally and professionally. In a recent instance,...

The Kancamagus Highway

‘Go Get Your Kicks’: The Europeans Obsessed With a U.S. Highway

As Route 66 turns 100, tourists in search of Americana try to keep war, inflation and politics in the rearview.

NEW Blue Star Highway Sign

Have you seen this NEW sign? OK, it’s an old sign that’s gone unnoticed by me for years. I now know of three of them in the Florida Keys, this one is set back at least 50′ or 60′ o...

Key to the Highway: Joe Stuckey

Street Photographer Travels Across 40 Cities Inspired by the American Blues

In Walking Blues, the acclaimed street photographer Alex Webb traverses some 40 cities across the United States, documenting moments of connection between communities with his sign...

EAT THE WIND

The young Wake didn’t travel much as one of nine children, but when opportunities arose in college, he made the most of them. Many years after the travels took place, Wake brings r...

Through Fire to Snow

With additional photos by Jeff Kerkove South-central Wyoming has a character all its own. Big skies stretch over open ranchlands, immense forests, wildfire scars, and rugged mounta...

Route 66: The Main Street Of America

Time to find some new kind of kick on a century-old lost highway in the fantastic roadside Americana documentary Route 66: The... The post Route 66: The Main Street Of America firs...

Playlist: Riding the Americana Highway – Oct 15 2026

Hillbilly Express: Riding the 2026 Harley-Davidson Pan America Special

“Just a good old boys, Never meanin’ no harm, Beats all you never saw, Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born,Straightening the curves, yeah,Flattenin’ the hills,...

The Interstates Did Not Need Villains; They Had Criteria

"Ask what your region's decision rule rewards. Then ask what it has no way to count."

Off the beaten path

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‘Sit with the women’: Finding hidden history on Route 66

Route 66 traverses land where people lived and worked before the birth of America. When researchers looked for their stories, they made an unexpected discovery. 

Nashville to Memphis by Road: Planning a Tennessee Music Highway Drive

Few road trips come with a soundtrack built in. Set off from Nashville, the home of country music, and around… Read more » The post Nashville to Memphis by Road: Planning a Tenness...

Wild Atlantic Way

I wonder as I wander down the Wild Atlantic Way,...

How to see Dolly Parton's 'rags to rhinestones' Tennessee, from the Smokies to Nashville - and America's coolest service...

Already one of the most fun routes the land of road trips has to offer, the Dolly Parton trail across Tennessee has a whole new poignancy following the country star's death.

Blue Highway Fest happening in Big Stone Gap until Sunday

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WJHL) — Big Stone Gap's popular Blue Highway Fest returns Thursday. The festival celebrates bluegrass, country and Americana genres. New this year, Sunday will...

Peak Color: 3 Scenic Fall Drives in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Fall is here, and there are few places that rival the beauty of the Blue Ridge in autumn. The region’s diverse forests turn from emerald green to burnt yellow and auburn, creating...

The Stunning Judee Sill Lyric From 1973 That Details the Journey of a Special Traveler

Portrait of folk singer Judee Sill in London in 1972 on tour to promote her second album, 'Heart Food'. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) Judee Sill possessed a knack for hidi...

Author Zane Grey’s Historical Display

Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels with idealized images of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his bestselling book. Some...

THROTTLE ON

Whether it was losing his parents or the dissolution of his nearly 25-year marriage, whenever the pain of loss became too great for him to bear, Mirasole looked to the open road fo...

This 240-mile stretch on Dalton highway in Alaska is one of America’s remotest roadways

Hit the Road

For a cultural change of pace, head to the coast and see the high-spirited Little Ole Opry at the Liberty Theatre, a well restored vaudeville … Continue reading →