![]() The landscape across Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming along US-20 and a parallel highway, US-26, is still as lonesome as it was more than 150 years ago, when pioneer families followed this one-way route west to the promised lands of the Pacific Coast. Starting in the West, the route parallels, and in places runs right on top of, the broad path that formed the Oregon Trail. Odd museums, classic diners, idyllic towns, and poignant postindustrial decay-you’ll find it all along this great cross-country highway. Superlative sights include at least two wonders of the world, New York’s Niagara Falls and Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park the great cities of Boston and Chicago and two halls of fame, one in Cleveland celebrating rock ’n’ roll, the other in Cooperstown idolizing the national pastime, baseball. Connecting an exceedingly diverse range of places and totaling over 3,300 mi (5,311 km)-many more if you count all the potential detours, side trips, and parallel routes-US-20 takes in a little of everything during its two-lane trek from Oregon’s rugged coast to the glorious sea and sand of Cape Cod. From the wide-open spaces of the West to the dense urban chaos of the East, this route offers the longest and most involved road trip in Road Trip USA. ![]()
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