The Natchez Trace and the Arroyo Seco get a whole lot closer on this engaging website designed to showcase the scenic highways in the United States. The Federal Highway Administration sponsors the site, and it is managed by the National Scenic Byways Online project at Utah State University. The site includes an interactive map of the various byways, and visitors can also read tales from travelers...

For U.S. - based Scout readers who like to take the scenic route when traveling (as well as anyone curious about American highways), Geotab has compiled this guide to America's Quietest Routes. To identify the quietest highway in all fifty U.S. states, Geotab examined traffic data from the Highway Performance Monitoring System. As visitors enter this site, they can view the quietest highway via a...

A leisurely drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway may not be a luxury everyone has time for, so why not take a look at this digital version? It's a worthy surrogate crafted by the good folks at the University of North Carolina Libraries, along with help from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and other partners. The Parkway was conceived during the Great Depression and finished in...