Detour #277: Discovering A Poem in Stone on America’s First Scenic Highway, Washington-Oregon, USA
How could one resist a road dubbed “a poem in stone” or “the king of roads”?
Detour #275: Driving into the Jaws of Martha’s Vineyard, USA
Terror took hold of the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard in 1975 when Jaws hit cinemas. Detour tracks the infamous shark sightings and movie locations on a road trip around the Massachusetts island.
Detour #273: Winding Through the Wild West on the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, USA
Jamie Hearne takes his mobile home to where the buffalo still roam on a road trip through Wyoming.
Carchitecture for your Coffee Table
Carchitecture USA – American Houses with Horsepower is a celebration of the historic link between architecture and the automobile.
Detour #272: Florida Car Culture, USA
From the awesome oval at Daytona to the Art Deco excess of Miami Florida is a must-visit destination for any auto enthusiast.
Detour #256: Seeking Sunset at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, USA
Ask a local and they will say you have not seen the Grand Canyon unless see it from the North Rim – and there is one very special road that can take you to the best view of all, bar none. Especially if you drive it when the sun goes down.
California 33 Named Road of the Year 2024
Detour favourite California 33 has been crowned Road of the Year 2024 by Hagerty in its first annual award highlighting the best routes for drivers in the USA.
Detour #252: Braving the Beartooth Highway, Montana/Wyoming, USA
The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward. It’s a phrase that couldn’t be more true of braving the Beartooth Highway.
Detour #243: Jurassic Parking on the Dinosaur Trail, Nevada, USA
There are few places in the world that offer a more staggering contrast than this two-and-a-half-hour drive, which begins in Las Vegas and ends up in the land of the dinosaurs.
Detour Pit Stop #117: Alice's Restaurant, Woodside, California, USA
Surrounded by Nor-Cal nature and just a scenic drive from San Francisco, this famous restaurant sits at the heart of Bay Area car culture.
Detour #240: Lombard Street, San Francisco, USA
Driving down Lombard Street is a unique and somewhat unnerving driving challenge, even though it has a recommended 5mph speed limit.
Detour 234: Feel the need for speed on the Silver State Classic, Nevada, USA
Nevada’s State Highway 318 is the fastest public road in America where drivers regularly top 200 mph.
Bugatti owners take a billionaire's road trip across the American West
In one of the grandest of grand tours imaginable a brigade of Bugattis just road tripped through Utah and Colorado.
Five drives that will make you fall for New England in the Fall
New England’s forests explode into a riot of colour as the days grow shorter. For leaf peepers there’s no better time to take to the road and enjoy the rich reds, abundant oranges and yellows of the canopy.
Detour #226: Blown by the wind across The Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Ben Barry explores California’s desert wilderness with a Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato… and the wrong soundtrack
Detour Pit Stop #111: Pops 66 Soda Ranch, Oklahoma, USA
Driving can be thirsty work, but this sensational service station on Route 66 will satisfy even the most dehydrated driver.
Detour #223: The real best bit from Basic Instinct, Highway 1, California, USA
Ben Barry retraces the route of one of Hollywood’s most nail-biting car chases, underwear intact.
America's loneliest road has finally gone electric
A 300-mile stretch of road across the Nevada desert known as The Loneliest Road in America is not a place you’d want to run out of juice.
Lamborghini takes over Telluride to celebrate 60 years
A convoy of 40 Lamborghini supercars cruised through Colorado as part of the Italian legend’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Detour #215: Colorado's Independence Pass will leave you breathless, USA
You’ve heard of Sleepless in Seattle, but for Anthony Ingram it was breathless in Colorado when he took on the Independence Pass.