Washoe County Library System

An illustrated collection of some of the most scenic places to take a road trip in the United States is accompanied by recommended towns to visit, maps, information on trip length, advice on the best time to go, and other traveling tips.

Uses maps, pictures, and information to detail the most scenic roadways in every part of the United States.

On road trips spanning four seasons, wending along rural highways, Theroux visits a deep south characterized by gun shows and small-town churches, laborers in Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi where they still call the farm up the road 'the plantation.' He talks to mayors and social workers, writers and reverends, the working poor and farming families -- the unsung heroes of the south, the people who, despite it all, never left, and also those who...