You ll never understand America until you ve driven Route 66 that s old Route 66 all the way, a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. It s the most famous highway in the world. With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 pe[...]
Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name - a flippant tag for "the most remote place on earth." With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long t[...]