A List of Historic, Weird, and Totally Fascinating Places to Stop on a Road Trip Across the US

There are few experiences as quintessential as a cross-country road trip. And while many continental drives are designed around a set start and end point—with bucket list national park visits, food show-approved bites, and city stopovers punctuating the journey—those charming little spots in between the marquee destinations can be the hardest to sniff out. We're talking about the retro soda fountains; the dusty saloons; the fruit stand with emus out back (here's looking at you, Florida). Below, writers from across the country share the historic, delightfully weird, and easy-to-drive-right-past destinations that are not only worth a stop, but worth plotting your route around. Use them to sketch out the cross-country drive of a lifetime.

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