Check the bucket list of any international visitor to the US and you’ll see a Great American Road Trip somewhere near the top. When you come from a country that you can drive across in a day, the idea of driving along an endless road through vast, epic landscapes has a seductive appeal.

Route 66, the Mother Road, calls strongest, an unforgettable journey through America’s heartlands to the beaches of the sparkling west coast. But others hold equal allure to visitors too, from following the dramatic coastline of California’s Big Sur to the Blue Ridge Parkway through Appalachia.

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