11 Affordable Road Trip Destinations for Your Stunning Fall Bucket List

North Shore Scenic Drive, Minnesota

Those who aren’t from the Midwest could be slightly confused when facing the staggering beauty that lies along the Great Lakes. “Is this even real?” might cross their minds, and rightfully so.

The easiest and often most dramatic way to properly appreciate it is along Minnesota’s 154-mile Highway 61.

You can start out by visiting the Lake Superior Maritime Museum in Duluth to get the right historical context of the country you’re about to visit, then set out driving up and down the hills, through those beautiful thick forests, and along open water.

Overseas Highway, Florida

Henry Flagler/s vision of a railway that would connect Florida’s mainland to the rogue island of Key West was definitely one of the best engineering ambitions of the 20th century.

Even if the railroad was wiped out by the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the road lives on as a magical overwater road trip all the way through the turquoise bays of the Florida Keys.

The road starts from the Everglades, south of Miami, crossing 42 bridges over 113 miles, each one of them bringing you further from the stresses of life and into the laid-back ethos of the Keys.