{"id":8886,"date":"2026-09-10T21:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2026-09-10T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:09:33","slug":"10-unforgettable-u-s-road-trips-where-the-drive-is-the-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8886","title":{"rendered":"10 unforgettable U.S. road trips where the drive is the destination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever entertained the thought of hopping in a car and just hauling butt into the great yonder?<\/p>\n

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No less a figure than Donald Trump has pondered it. As he famously said during a 2020 rally featuring big-rig trucks: \u201cYou think I could hop into one of them and drive it away? I\u2019d love to do it. Just drive the hell outta here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, such a plan just got a little easier with the publication of Quartz\u2019s \u201c10 iconic road trips every American should do at least once in their lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe U.S. was built for driving,\u201d writes the site\u2019s Cris Tolomia. \u201cLong before interstates connected every coast, wagon trails, railroad grades and hand-built mountain roads gave Americans a way to see a country too vast to take in from one place. That instinct never faded.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first pick on Quartz\u2019s list should be familiar to any Californian. It\u2019s the famous highway threading Big Sur along the Pacific coastline \u2013 which should always be checked for mudslides and closures before undertaking.<\/p>\n

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Quartz\u2019s 10 iconic road trips every American should take:<\/h4>\n

1 Pacific Coast Highway through Big Sur, California<\/p>\n

2 Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, California<\/p>\n

3 Blue Ridge Parkway across Virginia and North Carolina<\/p>\n

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4 Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park<\/p>\n

5 Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys<\/p>\n

6 Beartooth Highway near Yellowstone National Park<\/p>\n

7 Hana Highway on Maui, Hawaii<\/p>\n

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8 Historic Columbia River Highway in Oregon<\/p>\n

9 Natchez Trace Parkway from Mississippi to Tennessee<\/p>\n

10 Million Dollar Highway through Colorado\u2019s San Juan Mountains<\/p>\n

Source: Quartz<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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