The 11 Best Roadside Attractions Along
I-94 in the Great PlainsRunning over 1,500 miles from near Billings, Montana to Port Huron, Michigan, Interstate 94 (I-94) is one of the lesser-traveled east-west interstates that crosses the United States. I-94 is the northernmost major interstate that crosses the Great Plains, connecting some of the major cities in this region like Bismarck, Fargo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit – of course, not all of which are on the Great Plains...
9 Great Things to Do Near Mount Rushmore
Not that I'm biased or anything, but South Dakota is one of the greatest states of the Great Plains. Sweeping grasslands, wild rock formations, mind-boggling badlands, and fun cities like Sioux Falls and Rapid City mean that while South Dakota is often overlooked, it's well worth exploring for us travelers who love to discover all of the wonders across the United States...
The 13 Best Roadside Attractions Along
I-25 in the Great PlainsRunning nearly 1,063 miles from the junction with I-10 near Las Cruces, New Mexico to the junction with I-90 near Buffalo, Wyoming, Interstate 25 (I-25) is one of the coolest north-souths interstates that meets all of the east-west interstates that cross the Rocky Mountains...
The 11 Best Roadside Attractions Along
I-70 in the Great PlainsRunning some 2,151 miles from Fort Cove, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland, Interstate 70 (I-70) is one of the longest interstates in the United States. Over 25% of I-70 runs across the Great Plains, from Denver to Kansas City – and it's a long, quite straight 600-mile shot across some of the flattest land on the continent...
The 9 Best Roadside Attractions Along I-20 in the Great Plains
Stretching from Florence, South Carolina to Scroggins Draw, Texas, U.S. Interstate 20 is one of the great cross-country thoroughfares. Every day, millions of vehicles make their way along I-20, cutting down the time it takes between major cities along the route like Atlanta, Birmingham, and Dallas-Fort Worth...
The 11 Best Roadside Attractions Along
I-29 in the Great PlainsWhile there are some 70 primary interstate highways within the United States, only a handful of those cross the Great Plains – and even fewer are entirely within the Great Plains. One such interstate – and the longest one within the Great Plains states, is Interstate 29 (or I-29), which runs from the US/Canada border near Pembina, North Dakota to Kansas City, Missouri...
13 Creepy Haunted Places in Kansas
It's one of the most iconic sights in the Great Plains: fields of wheat drifting in the waves of a breeze. By day, it's a mesmerizing sight... but after sunset, it can take on an eerie, sinister tone as the wheat whispers like voices and you realize that anyone could be hiding among the stalks...
The 9 Best Roadside Attractions along
I-27 in the Great PlainsSome interstates run for thousands of miles; others are surprisingly short – and don't even technically run "inter" state! Interstate 27 is one of the latter, it's a short, 124.1-mile interstate that connects Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas – and nowhere else, and not much in between...
The 14 Best Roadside Attractions along I-35 in the Great Plains
When you start planning a road trip across the Great Plains, what image comes to mind? Long, straight interstate driving, maybe a scenic old highway detour or two, and a whole lotta flat land, right? While this is certainly one way to do a Great Plains road trip, you can also make that drive much more interesting if you take advantage of the many weird, wacky, and wonderful roadside attractions in this region...
15 Spooky Haunted Places in Nebraska
Maybe it's all those movies set in rural communities surrounded by cornfields, but some of the Great Plains states have a natural advantage in the "spooky" department. Nebraska – the Cornhusker state – is one such state where the late-season stalks blowing in the wind is enough to give anyone the willies – and that's just the natural atmosphere...
