Get ready to shift into gear and roll across America with our in-depth guide to everything you need to know about road trips.

From the lonely roads to coastal drives, gas up the car and check out 40 of the most scenic byways America has to offer.

Road trips are picking up speed again. As airfare, hotels and overseas vacations grow pricier, more Americans are choosing the highway over the runway. A 2025 Enterprise Mobility survey found that two ...

Whether they’re on the Pacific Coast or in the Rockies, these short drives offer plenty to see and do — so much, in fact, that you might want to take it slow.

In honor of the nation's 250th birthday, USA TODAY is spending a year retracing some of the journeys that helped define the ...

Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...

Long before cheap flights and smartphone maps, Americans turned to cars for adventure and escape. This story revisists our colelctive love affair with the open road, from dusty early-20th century ...

There is something we all love about animals going on adventures. Movies, such as Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey ...

Road trips are picking up speed again. As airfare, hotels, and overseas vacations grow pricier, more Americans are choosing the highway over the runway. A 2025 Enterprise Mobility survey found that ...

CoPilot researched the history of road trip cinema and chose 10 iconic films capturing the spirit of the great American road trip. - Canva CoPilot researched the history of road trip cinema and chose ...

A short history of the long road -- Robert Frank : the Americans -- Ed Ruscha : twentysix gasoline stations -- Inge Morath : the road to Reno -- Garry Winogrand : 1964 -- William Eggleston : Los ...