There's something undeniably magical about a road trip-the sense of boundless freedom, the ever-changing scenery, and the thrill of the unknown. It's not just about reaching a destination; it's about the experiences along the way. The hum of the engine, the wind rushing through open windows, and the endless stretch of asphalt ahead create a rhythm that lulls you into a state of adventure.
The Beginning: Anticipation and Excitement
Every road trip starts with anticipation. The night before departure is filled with last-minute packing, checking maps (or GPS), and that giddy excitement that makes sleep elusive. The car is loaded with snacks, playlists, and a mix of essentials and just-in-case items. As the engine starts the next morning, the journey truly begins-windows down, music up, and the open road calling.
The first miles are electric. The cityscape fades into suburbs, then into open countryside. The world feels full of possibilities. Conversations flow easily-plans, memories, jokes, and comfortable silences. The road is a companion, always moving forward, urging you to see what's around the next bend.
The Middle: Unexpected Discoveries
A road trip is never just about the highway. It's the detours that make it unforgettable. A hand-painted sign for a roadside attraction, a local diner with the best pie you've ever tasted, or a scenic overlook that wasn't on the itinerary-these unplanned moments become the heart of the journey.
Small towns welcome you with their quirks-a vintage gas station, a Main Street frozen in time, or a friendly waitress who calls you "hon." The landscape shifts: rolling hills give way to deserts, forests morph into plains, and mountains rise in the distance. Each mile brings new textures, colors, and stories.
There are challenges, too-wrong turns, sudden rainstorms, or that one rest stop with questionable bathrooms. But even these become part of the lore, the tales you'll laugh about later. A flat tire in the middle of nowhere leads to an encounter with a kind stranger. A missed exit becomes a chance to explore a hidden gem.
The Rhythm of the Road
Hours blend together in the best way. The playlist shifts from upbeat anthems to mellow tunes as the sun dips low. Golden hour bathes everything in warmth, and the world feels slower, softer. Conversations deepen as the miles pass-dreams, fears, and the kind of talks that only happen when you're untethered from daily life.
Night driving has its own magic. The road is quieter, lit only by headlights and the occasional glow of a distant town. The stars seem brighter out here, away from city lights. A 24-hour truck stop becomes a beacon of coffee and greasy comfort food, the neon sign a welcome sight in the darkness.
The Destination-and the Journey Home
Eventually, the destination appears, whether it's a national park, a coastal town, or a loved one's doorstep. There's satisfaction in arriving, but also a quiet longing for the road itself. Because the truth is, the trip isn't just about where you're going-it's about who you become along the way.
And then, there's the return. The road back is different-familiar yet changed. You're wiser, wearier, but full of stories. The car smells like adventure: sunscreen, fast food wrappers, and the faint scent of pine from that hike days ago. Home feels both comforting and strange after so much movement.
Why We Keep Going Back
A road trip is more than travel; it's a reminder of life's spontaneity. It's about control and surrender-planning the route but embracing the detours. It's about connection-to the people beside you, the strangers you meet, and the land unfolding outside your window.
And when it's over, you'll find yourself dreaming of the next one-because the road never really leaves you. It whispers in the everyday, calling you back to where the horizon never ends, and the journey is everything.
In the report below, the county's county seat is used as a starting point for a county. From there, all county seats within 250 straight-line miles from that county seat orgination point are shown. In those instances where a county does not have a county seat, than the largest city within that county is used as a reference point. There are a few cases where a county has two county seats, in that case, one is arbitrarily selected.
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Dallas (Dallas County, TX) |
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Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County, SD) |
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Fargo (Cass County, ND) |
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Manhattan (New York County, NY) |
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Rochester (Olmsted County, MN) |
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Minneapolis (Hennepin County, MN) |
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Milaca (Mille Lacs County, MN) |
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Chicago (Cook County, IL) |
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Atlanta (Fulton County, GA) |
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Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA) |
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Algona (Kossuth County, IA)
Allison (Butler County, IA)
Charles City (Floyd County, IA)
Cherokee (Cherokee County, IA)
Clarion (Wright County, IA)
Cresco (Howard County, IA)
Dakota City (Humboldt County, IA)
Decorah (Winneshiek County, IA)
Eldora (Hardin County, IA)
Elkader (Clayton County, IA)
Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County, IA)
Estherville (Emmet County, IA)
Forest City (Winnebago County, IA)
Fort Dodge (Webster County, IA)
Garner (Hancock County, IA)
Grundy Center (Grundy County, IA)
Hampton (Franklin County, IA)
Independence (Buchanan County, IA)
Le Mars (Plymouth County, IA)
Manchester (Delaware County, IA)
Mason City (Cerro Gordo County, IA)
New Hampton (Chickasaw County, IA)
Northwood (Worth County, IA)
Orange City (Sioux County, IA)
Osage (Mitchell County, IA)
Pocahontas (Pocahontas County, IA)
Primghar (O'Brien County, IA)
Rock Rapids (Lyon County, IA)
Rockwell City (Calhoun County, IA)
Sac City (Sac County, IA)
Sibley (Osceola County, IA)
Spencer (Clay County, IA)
Spirit Lake (Dickinson County, IA)
Storm Lake (Buena Vista County, IA)
Waterloo (Black Hawk County, IA)
Waukon (Allamakee County, IA)
Waverly (Bremer County, IA)
Webster City (Hamilton County, IA)
West Union (Fayette County, IA)
Bessemer (Gogebic County, MI)
Ontonagon (Ontonagon County, MI)
Ada (Norman County, MN)
Aitkin (Aitkin County, MN)
Albert Lea (Freeborn County, MN)
Alexandria (Douglas County, MN)
Anoka (Anoka County, MN)
Austin (Mower County, MN)
Bagley (Clearwater County, MN)
Baudette (Lake of the Woods County, MN)
Bemidji (Beltrami County, MN)
Benson (Swift County, MN)
Blue Earth (Faribault County, MN)
Brainerd (Crow Wing County, MN)
Breckenridge (Wilkin County, MN)
Buffalo (Wright County, MN)
Caledonia (Houston County, MN)
Cambridge (Isanti County, MN)
Carlton (Carlton County, MN)
Center City (Chisago County, MN)
Chaska (Carver County, MN)
Crookston (Polk County, MN)
Detroit Lakes (Becker County, MN)
Duluth (Saint Louis County, MN)
Elbow Lake (Grant County, MN)
Elk River (Sherburne County, MN)
Fairmont (Martin County, MN)
Faribault (Rice County, MN)
Fergus Falls (Otter Tail County, MN)
Foley (Benton County, MN)
Gaylord (Sibley County, MN)
Glencoe (McLeod County, MN)
Glenwood (Pope County, MN)
Grand Marais (Cook County, MN)
Grand Rapids (Itasca County, MN)
Granite Falls (Yellow Medicine County, MN)
Hastings (Dakota County, MN)
International Falls (Koochiching County, MN)
Ivanhoe (Lincoln County, MN)
Jackson (Jackson County, MN)
Le Center (Le Sueur County, MN)
Litchfield (Meeker County, MN)
Little Falls (Morrison County, MN)
Long Prairie (Todd County, MN)
Luverne (Rock County, MN)
Madison (Lac qui Parle County, MN)
Mahnomen (Mahnomen County, MN)
Mankato (Blue Earth County, MN)
Mantorville (Dodge County, MN)
Marshall (Lyon County, MN)
Milaca (Mille Lacs County, MN)
Minneapolis (Hennepin County, MN)
Montevideo (Chippewa County, MN)
Moorhead (Clay County, MN)
Mora (Kanabec County, MN)
Morris (Stevens County, MN)
New Ulm (Brown County, MN)
Olivia (Renville County, MN)
Ortonville (Big Stone County, MN)
Owatonna (Steele County, MN)
Park Rapids (Hubbard County, MN)
Pine City (Pine County, MN)
Pipestone (Pipestone County, MN)
Preston (Fillmore County, MN)
Red Lake Falls (Red Lake County, MN)
Red Wing (Goodhue County, MN)
Redwood Falls (Redwood County, MN)
Rochester (Olmsted County, MN)
Roseau (Roseau County, MN)
St. Cloud (Stearns County, MN)
St. James (Watonwan County, MN)
St. Paul (Ramsey County, MN)
St. Peter (Nicollet County, MN)
Shakopee (Scott County, MN)
Slayton (Murray County, MN)
Stillwater (Washington County, MN)
Thief River Falls (Pennington County, MN)
Two Harbors (Lake County, MN)
Wabasha (Wabasha County, MN)
Wadena (Wadena County, MN)
Walker (Cass County, MN)
Warren (Marshall County, MN)
Waseca (Waseca County, MN)
Wheaton (Traverse County, MN)
Willmar (Kandiyohi County, MN)
Windom (Cottonwood County, MN)
Winona (Winona County, MN)
Worthington (Nobles County, MN)
Cooperstown (Griggs County, ND)
Ellendale (Dickey County, ND)
Fargo (Cass County, ND)
Finley (Steele County, ND)
Forman (Sargent County, ND)
Grand Forks (Grand Forks County, ND)
Hillsboro (Traill County, ND)
LaMoure (LaMoure County, ND)
Lisbon (Ransom County, ND)
Valley City (Barnes County, ND)
Wahpeton (Richland County, ND)
Aberdeen (Brown County, SD)
Alexandria (Hanson County, SD)
Britton (Marshall County, SD)
Brookings (Brookings County, SD)
Canton (Lincoln County, SD)
Clark (Clark County, SD)
Clear Lake (Deuel County, SD)
De Smet (Kingsbury County, SD)
Flandreau (Moody County, SD)
Hayti (Hamlin County, SD)
Howard (Miner County, SD)
Huron (Beadle County, SD)
Madison (Lake County, SD)
Milbank (Grant County, SD)
Parker (Turner County, SD)
Redfield (Spink County, SD)
Salem (McCook County, SD)
Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County, SD)
Sisseton (Roberts County, SD)
Watertown (Codington County, SD)
Webster (Day County, SD)
Alma (Buffalo County, WI)
Antigo (Langlade County, WI)
Ashland (Ashland County, WI)
Balsam Lake (Polk County, WI)
Baraboo (Sauk County, WI)
Barron (Barron County, WI)
Black River Falls (Jackson County, WI)
Chippewa Falls (Chippewa County, WI)
Crandon (Forest County, WI)
Durand (Pepin County, WI)
Eagle River (Vilas County, WI)
Eau Claire (Eau Claire County, WI)
Ellsworth (Pierce County, WI)
Friendship (Adams County, WI)
Hayward (Sawyer County, WI)
Hudson (St. Croix County, WI)
Hurley (Iron County, WI)
La Crosse (La Crosse County, WI)
Ladysmith (Rusk County, WI)
Lancaster (Grant County, WI)
Mauston (Juneau County, WI)
Medford (Taylor County, WI)
Menomonie (Dunn County, WI)
Merrill (Lincoln County, WI)
Montello (Marquette County, WI)
Neillsville (Clark County, WI)
Phillips (Price County, WI)
Prairie du Chien (Crawford County, WI)
Rhinelander (Oneida County, WI)
Richland Center (Richland County, WI)
Shell Lake (Washburn County, WI)
Siren (Burnett County, WI)
Sparta (Monroe County, WI)
Stevens Point (Portage County, WI)
Superior (Douglas County, WI)
Viroqua (Vernon County, WI)
Washburn (Bayfield County, WI)
Waupaca (Waupaca County, WI)
Wausau (Marathon County, WI)
Wautoma (Waushara County, WI)
Whitehall (Trempealeau County, WI)
Wisconsin Rapids (Wood County, WI)
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845
929
976
837
948
991
900
905
920
872
848
879
950
850
811
882
892
895
846
859
963
986
886
832
990
886
936
806
843
813
916
843
|
291
346
332
291
323
333
314
348
361
384
280
258
294
328
304
369
336
389
284
401
312
343
295
270
316
304
268
240
327
320
245
270
252
302
374
360
357
338
365
322
355
33
150
279
97
200
289
81
165
101
122
259
130
43
184
342
194
210
217
210
64
47
222
73
189
250
247
54
162
203
194
108
310
157
155
242
199
168
241
227
163
132
112
224
132
51
232
276
174
170
216
143
4
182
99
210
169
110
259
84
197
200
319
75
258
180
288
145
157
226
223
223
217
205
229
91
243
288
86
107
92
251
75
147
223
317
231
73
100
0
65
65
74
39
78
50
56
42
125
227
86
177
246
144
146
175
195
154
200
185
198
114
240
160
219
230
84
136
111
294
387
283
231
417
259
339
294
390
281
366
293
256
394
261
237
315
344
291
408
390
333
273
361
421
340
317
383
364
397
248
225
355
386
224
368
281
413
369
413
317
379
|
130
206
207
81
161
232
140
249
201
272
107
96
157
147
160
216
186
255
59
276
179
225
176
50
197
118
64
29
132
117
50
84
82
99
233
264
222
165
251
384
428
260
254
169
175
201
188
283
372
287
135
132
231
189
181
262
222
302
232
178
293
230
316
173
199
114
180
192
202
143
154
161
424
299
106
209
383
68
87
160
154
205
192
27
105
264
144
202
78
215
198
110
230
234
147
125
121
123
179
247
244
38
233
301
217
107
215
370
186
109
204
148
182
58
220
317
344
240
216
267
322
165
157
137
84
255
57
278
192
230
280
183
303
268
209
206
242
189
158
53
164
53
18
105
84
71
36
81
51
93
37
116
22
128
35
0
148
97
130
246
390
355
249
350
273
298
281
410
248
402
274
226
346
309
221
376
276
308
307
333
334
256
365
370
313
345
283
387
319
281
264
297
363
311
293
357
385
364
373
274
348
|
724
721
744
691
706
773
700
775
691
754
722
740
743
686
733
696
714
719
691
730
741
749
761
706
756
696
714
735
674
672
735
721
739
686
712
778
725
687
752
1010
1049
1002
963
773
907
877
779
1020
1106
1020
867
763
947
931
870
801
902
986
896
848
1035
969
996
913
883
760
817
933
902
824
839
892
1087
1012
833
851
1105
807
755
817
860
920
916
751
845
1004
800
808
807
911
861
842
972
923
885
805
833
864
804
980
924
774
793
1043
845
817
809
1110
891
782
862
811
846
776
873
1059
1019
839
947
995
1064
800
899
857
771
825
751
1015
918
972
1019
921
1045
1010
941
944
978
931
880
752
900
795
726
837
827
802
777
820
776
803
775
859
733
840
756
742
889
837
868
839
945
1002
905
830
910
856
887
977
857
991
878
857
858
955
868
1005
819
926
769
842
919
875
935
859
878
953
771
969
807
930
927
834
898
988
809
1008
899
923
877
851
884
|
1393
1468
1466
1340
1426
1484
1404
1501
1465
1530
1371
1356
1416
1411
1421
1480
1450
1518
1311
1538
1439
1483
1430
1310
1453
1382
1328
1294
1393
1375
1314
1348
1343
1360
1496
1516
1484
1429
1509
1512
1539
1201
1342
1418
1276
1381
1436
1250
1274
1274
1276
1384
1322
1213
1360
1506
1382
1401
1404
1380
1192
1239
1411
1246
1371
1367
1407
1237
1348
1357
1355
1280
1478
1340
1290
1417
1329
1264
1343
1384
1330
1321
1298
1286
1255
1227
1377
1437
1286
1359
1392
1279
1197
1373
1257
1351
1316
1238
1414
1274
1389
1273
1477
1206
1431
1316
1451
1220
1339
1351
1400
1374
1387
1298
1411
1208
1428
1462
1278
1293
1180
1401
1225
1306
1331
1487
1315
1126
1128
1193
1138
1167
1168
1175
1133
1160
1138
1212
1140
1213
1167
1243
1277
1186
1237
1206
1258
1216
1216
1176
1235
1230
1249
1150
1229
1264
1203
1212
1187
1469
1579
1472
1420
1592
1449
1520
1480
1582
1461
1559
1478
1434
1575
1454
1417
1505
1514
1483
1563
1568
1524
1457
1553
1602
1526
1510
1538
1556
1565
1440
1417
1530
1575
1414
1536
1469
1601
1560
1598
1495
1565
|
Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus
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