Like a hearty gumbo, this southern sojourn brims with zesty delights -- coffee-colored bayous, stately sugar plantations, ancient cypress swamps, and more.
Familiar icons of the Old West -- from covered wagons and cattle drives to Indians and bison -- come to mind on this drive paralleling the Santa Fe Trail across Kansas.
The desert of central Nevada -- for the most part unforgiving and remote -- has a silent grace that remains unbroken but for historic sites and a two-lane highway.
On this journey from Natchez to Nashville, you'll relive the days when riverboat men and backwoods adventurers braved the perils of America's frontier.
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