See more than 270 lakes and ponds, a 350-year-old canoe, Abenaki Indian artwork, a museum, a wildlife sanctuary, and federal and colonial-style homes.
The best way to view New Hampshire‘s Squam Lake is to lease the movie “On Golden Pond.” This lovely lake, populated by rich summer-dwellers for many generations, has limited public access. Nevertheless, the Lakes Country has more than 270 ponds and lakes, including Lake Winnipesaukee, the nation’s largest, as well as the Ossipee Mountains, so a drive through the region will hardly disappoint you. Beginning in Ashland, follow U.S. 3 north toward Holderness along the north shore of Little Squam Lake.
One of New Hampshire‘s newest covered bridges (constructed in 1990) spans the Squam River on the lake’s west side. Just south of Holderness is the Science Center of New Hampshire, a museum and wildlife sanctuary that Read more . . .
If you were touring the great state of Montana, using the national parks back in the days before interstates, and when U.S. highways served as the main arterial cross-country routes, the main route between Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park would have been U.S. 89.
Situated within the confines of Glacier National Park is Going-to-the-Sun Highway, one of the most beautiful of all the national parks, and a 50-mile length of zigzagging, incredibly scenic roadway. A very narrow, 2-lane road, Going-to-the-Sun Highway changes scenery, beginning with prairie grasslands in the east to dense mountain vistas and forests in the west. This is the only road across the park’s one million acres, and much, if not all of it, is closed by late September because of heavy snowfall. Coming and going out of West Glacier, you’ll have to endure the ever-present budget motels, gift shops, and the rush of tourists in peak season. 
Mother Nature spent some extra moments in Northern Arizona when she created the wondrous sights between Winslow and Chambers. They can be seen along I-40, with a twist of nostalgia tossed in for good measure as Historic Route 66 weaves its way along this colorful 75-mile stretch of high desert nation. Exit 311 from I-40 delivers you to the colorful palette of the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert. You’ll be amazed at the endless stream of nature’s colors and gigantic chunks of prehistoric wood now rock-hard with the passing of the ages. Visitors can only take pictures, as the National Park Service prohibits pocketing pieces of the petrified rock. The roads through the Petrified Forest National Park are pristine blacktop with broad sweeping curves from one overlook site to another. 
Think of the American Southwest and you’re likely to imagine the cactus-strewn beauty of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Seeing it on a picture postcard is one thing; going through it with a leisurely desert drive is quite another. Thirty minutes east of Phoenix is Route 79, a sun-bleached length of two-lane blacktop that links Florence Junction to Tucson. The 74-mile long route is lightly traveled, flanked by heat-ravaged countryside dotted to the horizon with giant saguaro cactus.