Driving Destinations

The Always Surprising U.S. Highway 395

Posted by Jon Beals on 9/18/2008 at 1:00 PM

By David Lukas

It's easy to dismiss U.S. Highway 395 as a forlorn back road that merely snakes from the north side of the Los Angeles Basin through desolate deserts and dusty ranchlands to its overlooked terminus at the Canadian border. But you would be wrong. Formed in 1926, this 1,300-mile stretch of highway endures as one of America's most surprising and sublimely beautiful road trips, with so many stunning viewpoints and points of interest that you'll be hard-pressed to reach your destination.

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The Northern Great Plains

Posted by Jon Beals on 6/26/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Matthew D. Firestone

America is a country of immensely stunning natural landscapes, though few are as iconic as the Great Plains. A broad expanse of prairie lands lying east of the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains gave birth to both pioneers and cowboys, and figured prominently in the creation of the American Dream.

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A Romantic Winter Wander

Posted by Jon Beals on 2/8/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Catherine Bodry

Three hours east of Seattle, off scenic Highway 2, a live polka band is playing in the center of a Bavarian village. The surrounding snowcapped peaks glitter like fairytale princess' tiaras, as rosy-cheeked shoppers waft in and out of storybook buildings.

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