| So dang gorgeous, these 90 miles of rural Tennessee | | | | South Dakota, Pierre to Mount Rushmore |
| might inspire you to grab a banjo and strum an | | | | Mythic Mount Rushmore does not disappoint, even |
| Appalachian love song. | | | | after driving more than 200 miles across jaw-dropping |
| Take U.S. Route 11E toward Davy Crockett's | | | | cool scenery. |
| birthplace (Everyone: "Born on a mountaintop..."). At | | | | From Pierre, follow U.S. Route 83 across the Missouri |
| Greenville, where twohomes of Andrew Johnson | | | | River and striking grasslands to Interstate 90, going |
| anchor a presidential historic site, veer onto U.S. Route | | | | west. The good stuff isn'tvisible from the interstate, so |
| 321, skirting the majestic Great Smoky | | | | be sure to turn off at Murdo for buffalo burgers, |
| Mountains National Park. Next day, depending on your | | | | Badlands National Park for dusty canyons and Rapid |
| preference, visit the park or, for mountains of a | | | | Cityfor dead presidents carved into the Black Hills. |
| different kind, nearby Dollywood. | | | | California, Monterey to Morro Bay |
| Florida, Overseas Highway | | | | Like you needed reminding that state Route 1 along |
| Only car-crazy America would link a 105-mile long | | | | California's central coast ranks as one of America's -- |
| chain of islands -- from Key Largo, just south of Miami, | | | | heck, the planet's --best road trips. South of Monterey |
| west to Key West --with a highway, U.S. Route 1. | | | | begins 125 miles of windy highway within incredible |
| "You're on either a bridge or a causeway, surrounded | | | | scenery, most amazing at Big Sur,where the Santa |
| by shimmering water," says Janet Groene,author of | | | | Lucia Range slopes steeply into the Pacific. By the |
| Great Eastern RV Trips. "It's a lovely, lovely drive." | | | | time you hit San Simeon, the Hearst Castle's |
| Two tips: Crowds are smaller during spring and early | | | | architecturalwonders will barely register against what |
| summer, andcatch the sunset at Key West's Mallory | | | | Mother Nature just showed you. |
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