Seven days. Seven states. Nearly 3,000 miles. Gustavo Arellano talks to Latinos across the Southwest about their hopes, fears and dreams in this election year.

What You'll Find Along The Crooked Road Since its inception in 2003, the Crooked Road has gathered a number of local communities into its fold. Winding along U.S. Route 58 through towns like ...

I also took a side trip to Virginia, which was about a two-hour drive on I-95 South from PA. I drove through the Blue Ridge Mountains, where I started to do some hiking. It felt right.

So far, so Nashville. But this is about the drive, the best road trip in America. It would take me south along the I-65 and then the I-59, to Muscle Shoals and Florence, Alabama, the source of the ...

The 2.5-mile-long, one-way toll highway tunnel cuts through the formidable mountains, connecting the Portage Valley to Whittier. The longest in North America, it was originally a train tunnel.

Wisconsin finished number 11, Iowa 20th, North Dakota 37th and South Dakota 32nd. Minnesota has the "fourth-highest spending per capita on parks and recreation.

In celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, I am launching The Great American Road Trip—a yearlong invitation to travel, reflect, and reconnect with the people and places that define us.