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More than scenery, it's the local color that makes these road trips worth the drive. Each year since 2002, Rand McNally editors have selected five trips along which you'll find places and faces that make a vacation more than memorable.
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Alabama and Tennessee: A Drive Through the Deep South Arizona: Desert Adventures Arkansas: Unexpected Arkansas California: San Diego to Palm Springs, California California: Simply Irresistible California: Simply Sonoma Colorado: Colorado's Southwest Corner Florida: Cruising the Florida Coast Florida: Florida's Cultural West Coast Georgia and Florida: Historic Waterfront Hawai'i: Circling the Big Island Idaho and Utah: Moguls, Mining, and Mormon Territory Idaho, Washington & Canada: Three States, Two Countries, One Adventurous Drive Indiana: Columbus to New Harmony, Indiana Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: The Great River Road Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska: The Explorers' River Trail Louisiana: New Orleans to St. Francisville, Louisiana Maine: Portland to Bar Harbor, Maine Maryland: Snow on the Eastern Shore Massachusetts and Vermont: Quintessential New England Massachusetts: The Charming Coastline Michigan: A Shore Thing Minnesota and Ontario: Into the Woods Missouri: Exploring the Ozarks New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island: High Tide, Low Stress, Big Adventure New Mexico: Southwestern Sojourn New York and Ontario: Buffalo, New York to Kingston, Ontario North Carolina: Outer Banks and Southern Shores Ohio and West Virginia: Climbing The Hills Oklahoma and Texas: Culture in Cowboyland Oregon: A Pacific Northwest Passage Pennsylvania: Philly to the Poconos Quebec: Mais oui! Quebec South Dakota: Wide Skies of the West Tennessee and North Carolina: Meandering Through the Mountains Texas: Head for the Hill Country Vancouver Island: Fantastic Creatures: Totems, Geoducks, and Giant Trees Virginia: Discover America's Past Wisconsin: North by Northwoods Wyoming: Where the Antelope Play
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Alabama and Tennessee: A Drive Through the Deep South Arizona: Desert Adventures Arkansas: Unexpected Arkansas California: San Diego to Palm Springs, California California: Simply Irresistible California: Simply Sonoma Colorado: Colorado's Southwest Corner Florida: Cruising the Florida Coast Florida: Florida's Cultural West Coast Georgia and Florida: Historic Waterfront Hawai'i: Circling the Big Island Idaho and Utah: Moguls, Mining, and Mormon Territory Idaho, Washington & Canada: Three States, Two Countries, One Adventurous Drive Indiana: Columbus to New Harmony, Indiana Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: The Great River Road Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska: The Explorers' River Trail Louisiana: New Orleans to St. Francisville, Louisiana Maine: Portland to Bar Harbor, Maine Maryland: Snow on the Eastern Shore Massachusetts and Vermont: Quintessential New England Massachusetts: The Charming Coastline Michigan: A Shore Thing Minnesota and Ontario: Into the Woods Missouri: Exploring the Ozarks New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island: High Tide, Low Stress, Big Adventure New Mexico: Southwestern Sojourn New York and Ontario: Buffalo, New York to Kingston, Ontario North Carolina: Outer Banks and Southern Shores Ohio and West Virginia: Climbing The Hills Oklahoma and Texas: Culture in Cowboyland Oregon: A Pacific Northwest Passage Pennsylvania: Philly to the Poconos Quebec: Mais oui! Quebec South Dakota: Wide Skies of the West Tennessee and North Carolina: Meandering Through the Mountains Texas: Head for the Hill Country Vancouver Island: Fantastic Creatures: Totems, Geoducks, and Giant Trees Virginia: Discover America's Past Wisconsin: North by Northwoods Wyoming: Where the Antelope Play
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