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The Explorer’s Guide to Road Tripping Down Highway 61
Drive south in search of juke joints, Delta tamales, and where legend claims a blues giant sold his soul to the devil.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Street Posts Museum
An unexpected public exhibit showcases the diversity of Dutch street posts.
Hirosaki, Japan
Zenringai (Zen Temple Street)
These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.
San Francisco, California
Vermont Street
Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”
Hakone, Japan
Old Tokaido Way
The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.
Henderson, Nevada
Heritage Street
Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
Khamkeuth, Laos
Sandstone Buddha Sculptures
Giant Buddhas carved into sandstone walls line this Laotian motorbike route.
Blanca, Colorado
Lake Como Road
The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.
Brussels, Belgium
Largest Paving Stone in Belgium
This huge limestone slab is considered the largest paving stone in Belgium and a relic of the earliest modern paving in Brussels.
Etna, Nevada
Meadow Valley Wash
Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.
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11 Unfinished Places That Are Frozen in Time
From roads that lead nowhere to incomplete castles, these places are all the more alluring in their imperfection.
Palmdale, California
R. Lee Ermey Musical Road
The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.
Bronson, Texas
Lobanillo Swales
The preserved wheel ruts of El Camino Real de los Tejas, an 18th-century Spanish colonial road across America's Southwest.
Elk City, Oklahoma
National Route 66 Museum
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Miami Beach, Florida
The Rainbow Crosswalk
This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.
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14 Precarious Roadways
From a Bolivian mountain path to a single-track road traversing the Scottish countryside.
automotive history
How Women Used Cars To Fuel Female Empowerment
From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.”
Singapore
Devil's Bend (Old Upper Thomson Road)
This sharp turn was once the most dangerous part of the Singapore Grand Prix circuit.
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