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Miami Beach, Florida

The Rainbow Crosswalk

This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.
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14 Precarious Roadways

From a Bolivian mountain path to a single-track road traversing the Scottish countryside.
Jonathan Carey April 12, 2024
Taken in 1929, French race car driver Hellé Nice posed for this photo along the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, a racing track about 19 miles south of Paris.
automotive history

How Women Used Cars To Fuel Female Empowerment

From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.”
Nancy Nichols March 20, 2024
Singapore

Devil's Bend (Old Upper Thomson Road)

This sharp turn was once the most dangerous part of the Singapore Grand Prix circuit.
Turkey thigh roulade with bayou belle sweet potatoes and fried wheatberries.
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Get Thee to Totality: St. Louis

See an underground lake and a lonely grave en route to Atlas Obscura's Ecliptic Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Atlas Obscura February 6, 2024
Peulla, Chile

Peulla

This secluded village in the Andean wilderness can't be accessed by road.
Apishapa Arch
Aguilar, Colorado

Apishapa Arch

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.
La Cara del Indio in Isabela, Puerto Rico
roadside attractions

10 Roadside Attractions Worth a Road Trip

These places offer way more than a pit stop.
Atlas Obscura January 18, 2024
Dawson Creek, British Columbia

Alaska-Canada Highway Mile 0

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.
A white stone with "3M" carved into it along a bike path
Brooklyn, New York

'3M' Mile Marker on Ocean Parkway

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.
You might be on your own for a while on these roads less traveled, as seen on the Dalton Highway.
roads

The Loneliest Road in Every State in America

Find your state's quietest route.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think October 6, 2023
McLouth, Kansas

Rock in Road

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.
Chicago, Illinois

Beginning (and End) of Historic Route 66

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.
Tonopah, Nevada

U.S. 6 in Nevada

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."
Did landscape architect Jens Jensen design this winding road in Wisconsin's Door County?
architecture

Wisconsin's Long and Winding Road Has a Secret Past

For decades, locals believed landscape architect Jens Jensen designed this twisty stretch of Highway 42—the real history is even more serpentine.
Tea Krulos August 15, 2023
The unsanctioned Cannonball Run—an approximately 2,700-mile race from New York to California—involves driving extremely, illegally fast on public roads.
roadside attractions

6 Winding Tales of Epic Road Trips

Including the United States' first coast-to-coast car adventure, its fastest, and one of its absolute worst.
April White August 11, 2023
Miyakojima, Japan

Mamoru-kun Patrolman

Made to improve road safety, these policemen-like figurines in Miyakojima island have earned an enthusiastic fanbase.
A school crossing sign in Fukuoka offers a variation on Tobita-kun.
paintings

The 'Darting Children' That Helped Japan Win Its War on Traffic Accidents

How hand-painted signs known as Tobita-kun became beloved local mascots.
Allan Richarz July 25, 2023