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Exploring the Rocky Coast of 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, CA
With waves of the sparkling Pacific Ocean crashing below the cliffs, Pebble Beach's winding 17-Mile Drive is a spectacular experience. As you drive along this scenic road, you'll pass luxurious beachfront properties and architecturally…
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Parking at a Swell Drive-In in Baltimore, Maryland
Somewhere on the way to stadium seating, THX, Netflix, and TiVo, drive-in movie theaters fell by the wayside. Bengies, a pleasing anachronism in operation since 1956, never stopped screening flicks for drivers and passengers—local…
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Dawdling Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western Virginia
Two lanes of blacktop wind along the ridgeline, a ribbon unrolling between flower-dotted meadows and wind-stirred trees. All thoughts of haste melting away, you cruise along at 45 mph, window rolled down, an elbow…
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Bopping Back in Time in Poughkeepsie, New York
Hop in your hot rod and head to the outskirts of Poughkeepsie where all the hep cats hang at Overlook Drive-In, one of the country’s few remaining drive-in movie theaters. This retro relic, located…
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Painting the Desert in Death Valley California
At 248 feet below sea level, you captured the dazzling tableau of Artist's Palette Drive: a nine-mile one-way road designed specifically for the viewing of nature's dazzling handy-work. As the sun raked across the…
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Losing Your Way on an Autumn Drive in Central Vermont
There's something dreamlike about taking an unplanned drive through Vermont, particularly in the fall. An experience not to be missed, you'll come across more horses than cars as you drive through the back roads…
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Chasing Chickens Around a Vegetarian Drive-In in Fair Oaks, CA
Sunflower Drive-In looks nondescript to the untrained eye, but culinary adventure seekers know better than to dismiss a restaurant at first glance—especially if there's a crowd gathering. On a sunny day, this place will…
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Four-Wheeling to the Top of the Island in Vulcano, Sicily
Besides the natural sulfur mud baths on Vulcano Island, Capo Grillo offers one of the most beautiful views Sicily has to offer. You can rent a four-wheel ATV in the center of town and…
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Searching for Frogs in Celebrity Trees on Banyan Drive in Hilo
In the 1930s, celebrities, politicians, and other notables began planting banyan trees along Hilo’s Waiakea Peninsula. Despite sustaining damage from tsunamis, many of the massive, ropey-trunked trees still stand, marked by placards or wooden…
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Laying Patch in a Stock Car at the Speedway in Las Vegas
The Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway straps riders in behind the wheel (or in the shotgun seat) of a custom-built stock car for as many as 40 laps at…
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Driving the Ring Road in Iceland
Iceland offers diversions galore, from the infamous all weekend party known as the runtar, to the eerie geothermal steam baths of the Blue Lagoon, but for a real Icelandic adventure consider roadtripping into the…
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Driving the Line Between Rich and Poor in Detroit
At the turn of the 20th century, the communities of Grosse Pointe were home to many of the wealthiest families in Detroit. And today, the Pointes are a showcase for some of the most…
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Going Off Road in the North Georgia Mountains
When the traffic and relatively fast pace of the city get to be too much, wise Atlantans head for the hills. Before leaving the city, reserve a cabin in Blue Ridge, Ellijay, or Dahlonega.…
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Meeting the Queen of Shave Ice in Maui, Hawaii
The road to Lorraine Shave Ice is a winding one. You’ll twist up towards clouds of marshmallow, your car sandwiched between a wall of rich, red dirt and the steep ocean cliffs of West…
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Cruising Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Point your wheels west on I-66 and make a beeline toward the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park. Angling 105 miles southwest astride the Blue Ridge, the road opened in 1931 and now…
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