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Discover America’s Story, One Road at a Time

Curated road trips to the nation’s most historic places and the stories that shaped us.

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Mid-Atlantic /
Revolutionary America

Walk in the footsteps of America’s founders. Explore the places, people, and events that sparked a revolution and built a nation.

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★ Featured Road Trips ★

105 mi · 2 Days

Arkansas Statehood & the Making of Little Rock

Connect the pivotal 1862 battles at Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove with Fort Smith’s Civil War and frontier history.

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111 mi · 2 Days

Civil War Northeast Florida

Explore coastal defenses, Jacksonville earthworks, and Florida’s largest Civil War battle on a two-day journey across Northeast Florida.

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90 mi · 2 Days

Defending the Delaware: Forts from Civil War to World War II

Follow a century of Delaware coastal defense from a Civil War island fortress to a modernized river fort and the World War II batteries at Cape Henlopen.

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★ Featured Historical Events ★

1565

Founding of St Augustine

Age of Exploration

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés established St. Augustine on Timucua land in 1565, creating Spain’s first enduring Florida colony and the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States.

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1773

Boston Tea Party

Revolutionary War

Boston colonists destroyed 342 chests of East India Company tea in December 1773, provoking punitive British legislation that deepened intercolonial resistance and accelerated the crisis leading to revolution.

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1775

Battles of Lexington & Concord

Revolutionary War

British regulars and Massachusetts militia fought at Lexington, Concord, and along the Battle Road on April 19, 1775, beginning open warfare in the American Revolution.

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