The USA is dotted with auto museums, most of which contain the usual suspects – muscle cars, chromed and be-winged 50s leviathans, Model Ts, Duesenbergs, Harley-Davidsons, maybe even an Italian supercar or three. The Lane Motor Museum doesn’t have any of those.

Beyond the honky-tonks of Music City – Nashville, Tennessee – a 444-mile ‘Recreational Road’ traces 10,000 years of American history, and the diverse soundtracks of the South, says Peter Grunert.