Scenic Highways

Skirting the jagged, glacier-worn Sawtooth Mountains, this winding road follows the rocky shoreline of Lake Superior, passing lighthouses and cascading streams and penetrating the only part of the continental United States where the northern...

In Ireland, you’re in luck because you can’t go wrong when it comes to choosing a coastal drive itinerary. Every turn reveals dramatic natural beauty steeped in culture and history, with stops to enjoy...

Switzerland offers many beautiful attractions to see year-round. Whether you’re travelling in the winter in hopes of catching a glimpse of the snowy alps, or in summer in order to visit the cultural goldmines...

This winding, two-lane road across the Great Smoky Mountains offers ever changing views of ranks of forested peaks. This little-known byway is also called the Mile-High Highway, and tor good reason. Starting in the Tennessee...

Traveling to Europe in the fall often means fewer crowds, shorter lines, idyllic weather and better deals – along with spectacular displays of autumn foliage. Many feel that it’s really the very best time...

Although it’s located outside the reservation boundary, Gallup is the most important commercial center of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the continental U.S. Covering 27,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico,...

The Alaska Highway, stretching more than 2,200 kilometres (almost 1,400 miles) from Dawson Creek, B.C., to Delta Junction, Alaska, has challenged road trip enthusiasts for decades.Much of the allure of the iconic route —...

The almost perfect cone of Mt Taranaki dominates the Taranaki Bight, a seemingly permanent feature of the landscape. But it’s only the latest in a line of four volcanoes that have welled up from subterranean...

This sprawling system of alpine meadows in northwestern British Columbia, east of Highway 37, is where three First Nations believe Raven created the world — essentially the Garden of Eden — and is also...

A cultural hub of the Finger Lakes region, Ithaca, NY, has always marched to the beat of its own drum. Independent businesses flourish alongside the two nationally renowned colleges (Cornell University and Ithaca College)...

US 1 from Ellsworth to Calais is truly a road less traveled. Most tourists never get past Bar Harbor and miss the crashing surf at Acadia National Park's Schoodic Point, the tiny fishing villages,...

Italy’s Sunken Bell Tower Head to  this winter and you’re likely to come across one of Europe’s most bizarre sights – an apparently amputated church spire poking out from the frozen waters of Lago di...