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Planning a family vacation? Discover some of your region's most scenic road trips plus check out hidden gems worth visiting in all 50 states.

Trail Ridge Road—Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Trail Ridge Road
This scenic route is the highest continuous paved road in the nation.

Wilmington Flume Preserve in Adirondack Park

Adirondack Adventure The Adirondack Park, the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi, sprawls far and wide across upstate New York.

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1The Scenic Sunrise Shore
With Lake Huron lapping endlessly at the shores of Michigan's east coast, a delicate give-and-take forever unfurls in the land where the countryside meets the lakeside.
2Kenai Peninsula
On this grand peninsula, where forests, mountains, and glaciers meet the Gulf of Alaska, land and sea meld gracefully into one.
3Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
4Baker Lake
5Stehekin Valley and Rainbow Falls
6Steilacoom
7Cashmere Pioneer Village and Museum
8Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
9North Bend State Park

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