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See breathtaking
scenery—and never
leave the interstate
Open Roads
Four-Lane
Frontiers
Think “interstate highway” and
you’re likely to think “hours of
monotony punctuated by the
occasional Stuckey’s.” But America’s
ribbons of open road tie together
some truly dazzling roadside scenery. Here are seven stunning drives
that don’t require you to risk life
and limb on hairpin turns.
DRY-WAY Cacti sprout along the shoulder of I- 17 north of Phoenix, Arizona.
I- 17, Flagstaff to
Phoenix, Arizona
This isn’t just a road; it’s a movie,
a narrative that winds, in a few
hours, from the ponderosa pine–
studded Colorado Plateau just
south of the Grand Canyon, past
