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.
Seattle (King County, WA)
Dallas (Dallas County, TX)
Sisseton (Roberts County, SD)
Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County, SD)
Fargo (Cass County, ND)
Manhattan (New York County, NY)
Rochester (Olmsted County, MN)
Minneapolis (Hennepin County, MN)
Chicago (Cook County, IL)
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)
Algona (Kossuth County, IA)
Cherokee (Cherokee County, IA)
Dakota City (Humboldt County, IA)
Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County, IA)
Estherville (Emmet County, IA)
Forest City (Winnebago County, IA)
Garner (Hancock County, IA)
Ida Grove (Ida County, IA)
Le Mars (Plymouth County, IA)
Northwood (Worth County, IA)
Orange City (Sioux County, IA)
Pocahontas (Pocahontas County, IA)
Primghar (O'Brien County, IA)
Rock Rapids (Lyon County, IA)
Sac City (Sac County, IA)
Sibley (Osceola County, IA)
Sioux City (Woodbury County, IA)
Spencer (Clay County, IA)
Spirit Lake (Dickinson County, IA)
Storm Lake (Buena Vista County, IA)
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)
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 Rapids (Itasca County, MN)
Granite Falls (Yellow Medicine County, MN)
Hallock (Kittson County, MN)
Hastings (Dakota 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)
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)
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)
Worthington (Nobles County, MN)
Bassett (Rock County, NE)
Butte (Boyd County, NE)
Center (Knox County, NE)
Dakota City (Dakota County, NE)
Hartington (Cedar County, NE)
Neligh (Antelope County, NE)
O'Neill (Holt County, NE)
Pender (Thurston County, NE)
Pierce (Pierce County, NE)
Ponca (Dixon County, NE)
Springview (Keya Paha County, NE)
Wayne (Wayne County, NE)
Ashley (McIntosh County, ND)
Bismarck (Burleigh County, ND)
Cando (Towner County, ND)
Carrington (Foster County, ND)
Carson (Grant County, ND)
Cavalier (Pembina County, ND)
Center (Oliver County, ND)
Cooperstown (Griggs County, ND)
Devils Lake (Ramsey County, ND)
Ellendale (Dickey County, ND)
Fargo (Cass County, ND)
Fessenden (Wells County, ND)
Finley (Steele County, ND)
Forman (Sargent County, ND)
Fort Yates (Sioux County, ND)
Grafton (Walsh County, ND)
Grand Forks (Grand Forks County, ND)
Hillsboro (Traill County, ND)
Jamestown (Stutsman County, ND)
Lakota (Nelson County, ND)
LaMoure (LaMoure County, ND)
Langdon (Cavalier County, ND)
Linton (Emmons County, ND)
Lisbon (Ransom County, ND)
McClusky (Sheridan County, ND)
Mandan (Morton County, ND)
Minnewaukan (Benson County, ND)
Napoleon (Logan County, ND)
New Rockford (Eddy County, ND)
Rugby (Pierce County, ND)
Stanton (Mercer County, ND)
Steele (Kidder County, ND)
Towner (McHenry County, ND)
Valley City (Barnes County, ND)
Wahpeton (Richland County, ND)
Washburn (McLean County, ND)
Aberdeen (Brown County, SD)
Alexandria (Hanson County, SD)
Armour (Douglas County, SD)
Britton (Marshall County, SD)
Brookings (Brookings County, SD)
Burke (Gregory County, SD)
Canton (Lincoln County, SD)
Chamberlain (Brule County, SD)
Clark (Clark County, SD)
Clear Lake (Deuel County, SD)
De Smet (Kingsbury County, SD)
Dupree (Ziebach County, SD)
Elk Point (Union County, SD)
Faulkton (Faulk County, SD)
Flandreau (Moody County, SD)
Fort Pierre (Stanley County, SD)
Gann Valley (Buffalo County, SD)
Gettysburg (Potter County, SD)
Hayti (Hamlin County, SD)
Highmore (Hyde County, SD)
Howard (Miner County, SD)
Huron (Beadle County, SD)
Ipswich (Edmunds County, SD)
Kadoka (Jackson County, SD)
Kennebec (Lyman County, SD)
Lake Andes (Charles Mix County, SD)
Leola (McPherson County, SD)
McIntosh (Corson County, SD)
Madison (Lake County, SD)
Milbank (Grant County, SD)
Miller (Hand County, SD)
Mitchell (Davison County, SD)
Mound City (Campbell County, SD)
Murdo (Jones County, SD)
Olivet (Hutchinson County, SD)
Onida (Sully County, SD)
Parker (Turner County, SD)
Philip (Haakon County, SD)
Pierre (Hughes County, SD)
Plankinton (Aurora County, SD)
Redfield (Spink County, SD)
Salem (McCook County, SD)
Selby (Walworth County, SD)
Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County, SD)
Sisseton (Roberts County, SD)
Timber Lake (Dewey County, SD)
Tyndall (Bon Homme County, SD)
Vermillion (Clay County, SD)
Watertown (Codington County, SD)
Webster (Day County, SD)
Wessington Springs (Jerauld County, SD)
White River (Mellette County, SD)
Winner (Tripp County, SD)
Woonsocket (Sanborn County, SD)
Yankton (Yankton County, SD)
Balsam Lake (Polk County, WI)
Ellsworth (Pierce County, WI)
Hudson (St. Croix County, WI)
Shell Lake (Washburn County, WI)
Siren (Burnett County, WI)
Superior (Douglas County, WI)
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157
226
223
223
217
205
229
91
86
107
92
251
75
147
223
231
324
290
298
308
294
332
317
329
324
297
314
320
134
186
157
116
227
138
211
73
129
100
0
142
65
65
189
110
74
39
88
108
78
149
167
50
175
192
141
142
122
180
216
146
196
56
42
200
125
227
256
86
177
281
246
244
144
146
175
261
289
168
195
243
222
198
154
205
200
185
144
309
252
269
128
225
198
114
193
224
173
279
254
216
240
305
241
232
160
219
180
230
84
226
272
282
136
111
210
297
282
206
276
231
256
237
248
225
224
130
81
140
107
96
157
160
104
59
176
50
118
64
29
117
50
74
84
82
99
260
254
169
175
201
188
283
372
287
135
132
231
189
181
222
302
232
178
293
230
316
173
199
114
180
192
202
143
154
161
299
106
361
209
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
301
217
107
215
370
186
109
204
148
182
58
220
317
216
267
322
165
157
137
84
57
156
115
86
79
69
118
122
99
101
67
160
91
216
300
362
294
309
366
332
278
332
192
230
317
280
183
260
338
303
268
252
321
209
369
255
206
326
304
336
253
309
368
345
277
376
242
189
333
158
53
82
164
53
131
18
131
105
84
71
262
59
157
36
190
118
189
81
151
51
93
174
239
158
95
186
280
37
116
131
66
223
200
52
184
22
249
188
89
128
35
212
0
148
251
68
53
97
130
99
201
157
85
56
249
226
221
281
264
311
226
214
247
211
191
236
245
242
204
243
190
234
191
160
246
169
221
197
182
228
116
171
228
82
180
243
150
240
162
74
201
145
47
158
185
233
205
177
147
98
247
56
170
188
207
63
151
158
154
80
199
94
214
214
91
173
184
128
131
107
145
61
125
182
237
104
164
190
81
84
182
55
157
117
38
216
128
197
121
158
229
122
251
228
139
166
198
176
184
132
209
174
107
153
175
205
28
103
156
157
246
210
215
226
210
249
235
246
240
215
237
237
115
195
220
158
223
218
226
133
190
75
84
184
133
42
175
191
156
120
117
176
77
223
159
62
205
200
196
143
171
233
236
160
244
98
47
220
70
143
174
35
95
204
165
171
64
65
92
225
207
110
114
186
147
148
70
141
116
106
97
253
184
188
91
208
114
37
123
142
146
218
170
161
157
252
183
152
90
135
145
148
0
195
189
199
52
32
132
232
210
126
192
223
231
215
248
225
246
724
691
700
722
740
743
733
664
691
761
706
696
714
735
672
735
671
721
739
686
1002
963
773
907
877
779
1020
1106
1020
867
763
947
931
870
902
986
896
848
1035
969
996
913
883
760
817
933
902
824
839
892
1012
833
1104
851
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
1043
845
817
809
1110
891
782
862
811
846
776
873
1059
947
995
1064
800
899
857
771
751
693
708
681
665
680
649
676
644
651
675
712
653
925
991
1092
1020
975
1106
1018
1015
1064
918
972
1037
1019
921
941
1080
1045
1010
980
1057
941
1106
949
944
1033
994
1064
960
1036
1089
1032
986
1091
978
931
1027
880
752
732
900
795
731
726
773
837
827
802
885
683
855
777
823
786
861
820
823
776
803
882
804
786
722
901
939
775
859
819
759
911
796
724
842
733
821
823
760
840
756
895
742
889
903
707
690
837
868
786
775
750
782
698
905
857
868
930
927
988
1393
1340
1404
1371
1356
1416
1421
1356
1311
1430
1310
1382
1328
1294
1375
1314
1309
1348
1343
1360
1201
1342
1418
1276
1381
1436
1250
1274
1274
1276
1384
1322
1213
1360
1382
1401
1404
1380
1192
1239
1411
1246
1371
1367
1407
1237
1348
1357
1355
1280
1340
1290
1168
1417
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
1206
1431
1316
1451
1220
1339
1351
1400
1374
1387
1298
1411
1208
1278
1293
1180
1401
1225
1306
1331
1315
1161
1183
1237
1310
1265
1244
1205
1305
1265
1292
1144
1288
1088
1011
1067
1079
979
1137
983
1126
1085
1128
1193
1054
1138
1167
1028
1149
1168
1175
1106
1109
1133
1103
1044
1160
1018
1005
1067
1062
1076
1032
977
1050
1013
1138
1212
993
1140
1213
1195
1167
1243
1155
1277
1137
1186
1237
1206
1003
1290
1118
1258
1074
1147
1080
1216
1115
1216
1176
1114
1036
1110
1191
1113
998
1235
1230
1136
1199
1061
1071
1228
1081
1249
1023
1077
1179
1150
1229
1066
1264
1203
1020
1226
1276
1212
1187
1165
1078
1124
1180
1251
1420
1434
1417
1440
1417
1414
Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus
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