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The ZEN of the HIGHWAY: It's a big country out there, with an array of landscapes, subcultures, regional foods, and accents. And there's no better way to experience that diversity than by hopping in a car and hitting the highway.
 

The California Coast Between San Francisco and Los Angeles
- Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Hearst Castle
- Grandma Prisbey's Bottle Village
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace
 

U.S. 1 Up the New England Coast
- Super Duper Weenie
- Route 1 Miniature Golf
- Saco Drive-In
- The Big Chicken Barn
- Acadia National Park
 

The I-8/I-10 corridor
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Kartchner Caverns State Park
- Amerind Foundation Museum
- OK Corral
- Chiricahua National Monument
 

- Circleville, Ohio
- Morton, Illinois
- Anamosa, Iowa
 

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