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That is a long drive! If you swing south and take route 40 across the country, you can visit the twin music cities of Nashville and Memphis. Nashville is the home of country music with the Grand Ol Opry and the honkey-tonk saloons featuring some possible future country stars. Memphis is the home of the...

The quickest and most convenient route from Yosemite to Death Valley is via the Tuoleme Pass near Yosemite. It is also a very scenic route with a number of attractions along the way. You can visit Mono Lake, the ghost town of Bodie and the Inyo National Forerst along the way to Death Valley. Unfortunately...

Route 66 was originally designed to follow the southern route across the western half of the USA in order to avoid the high mountain passes that were typically closed during winter months. Even so, the old route encountered winter snows and bad weather along certain parts. Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma...

Great question. I've only driven sections at a time during the summer. I'm looking forward to hearing replies.

Historically, route 66 was the first Interstate Highway connecting the Eastern half of the USA with California and the West Coast. It extended from Chicago in the North Central part of the country all the way to Los Angeles California on the West Coast. During the 1930s and 1940s, it was a major route...

We have a great highway system in the USA. Modern interstate highways and multi-laned throughways cross our entire land providing quick convenient access to many cities and attractions. It is hard to find any area of the USA that is not connected via good roads. I certainly use those highways when I...

This was originally posted to our old Forum: Author Message Mike Leco USATourist Administrator Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 101 Location: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:38 am Post subject: Forget about route 66! Give me highway 12! People are still in love with the old legend of...