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In Ghana, potholes can inspire some pretty good jokes.
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Taxi Drivers In Ghana Skip Work To Fill In Potholes

Enough was enough.
Cara Giaimo July 27, 2016
Bryson City, North Carolina

The Road to Nowhere

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Permanently Closed
419.99 mile marker
Stratton, Colorado

419.99 Mile Marker

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.
One of two specially outfitted trucks tries out the highway.
roads

A Small Stretch of Swedish Highway Is Now Electric

It somehow looks more retro than a normal highway.
Cara Giaimo June 27, 2016
disasters

An Incomplete if Exhaustive Tally of Recent Highway Truck Spills

From bees to beers.
Erik Shilling June 23, 2016
Multiple varieties of Bloemenroute tulips
Haarlem, Netherlands

Bloemen Route

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
View from Hell's Backbone Bridge overlooking Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Area
Escalante, Utah

Hell's Backbone Scenic Road

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Inyo County, California

Artist's Drive

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Deserted 20 lane road
Naypyitaw, Myanmar

The Road through Naypyidaw

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.
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Found: A 1902 Motorcycle That May Be the First to Make It Across the U.S.

George A. Wyman's bike has been missing for decades.
Sarah Laskow April 21, 2016
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Retracing the First, Forgotten Motorcycle Ride Across America

George Wyman took 50 days to get from San Francisco to New York in 1903.
Sarah Laskow March 4, 2016
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America's Massive New Transportation Infrastructure System is Hiding in Plain Sight

Sarah Laskow February 23, 2016
Warp Drive
Sterling, Virginia

Warp Drive

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.
maps

The Perfect 22-Foot Map for Your Ancient Roman Road Trip

Tao Tao Holmes February 15, 2016
A sign for the town of No Name, Colorado.
roads

Where Do the Streets Have No Name? Everywhere, in America.

A road by any other name.
Ernie Smith May 25, 2023
Hawk's Nest Highway.
Port Jervis, New York

The Hawks Nest

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.
Alley of the Kiss
Guanajuato, Mexico

Alley of the Kiss

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.
Maldonado, Uruguay

Puente Laguna Garzón

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.